Dendrochronology of Bristlecone Pine: A Progress Report

C W Ferguson; D A Graybill

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Dendrochronological studies of bristlecone pine, Pinus longaeva, have produced a continuous tree-ring sequence back to 6700 BC for the White Mountains of California and to 3258 BC for east-central Nevada.

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