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The results of dating of extreme climatic events by damage to the anatomical structure and missing tree rings of the Siberian larch in the upper forest boundary of the Altai Republic are given. An analysis of the spatial distribution of the revealed dates over seven plots (Kokcy, Chind, Ak-ha, Jelo, Tute, Tara, and Sukor) allowed us to distinguish the extreme events on interregional (1700, 1783, 1788, 1812, 1814, 1884), regional (1724, 1775, 1784, 1835, 1840, 1847, 1850, 1852, 1854, 1869, 1871, 1910, 1917, 1927, 1938, 1958, 1961), and local (1702, 1736, 1751, 1785, 1842, 1843, 1874, 1885, 1886, 1919, 2007, and 2009) scales. It was shown that the events of an interregional scale correspond with the dates of major volcanic eruptions (Grimsvotn, Lakagigar, Etna, Awu, Tambora, Soufriere St. Vinsent, Mayon, and Krakatau volcanos) and extreme climatic events, crop failures, lean years, etc., registered in historical sources.
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Original Russian Text © V.V. Barinov, V.S. Myglan, A.N. Nazarov, E.A. Vaganov, A.R. Agatova, R.K. Nepop, 2016, published in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Biologicheskaya, 2016, No. 2, pp. 188–198.
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Barinov, V.V., Myglan, V.S., Nazarov, A.N. et al. Extreme climatic events in the Altai Republic according to dendrochronological data. Biol Bull Russ Acad Sci 43, 152–161 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062359016020023
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