Historical drivers and future streamflow variations of the Kura River in the Western Transcaucasia region of Georgia: Analysis of tree-ring chronologies from 1720 to 2021 CE

• Published in: Palaeogeography, palaeoclimatology, palaeoecology Vol. 655; p. 112529
• Main Authors: Bakhtiyorov, Zulfiyor, Chen, Feng, Chen, Youping, Wang, Shijie, Zhang, Heli, Hu, Mao, Yue, Weipeng, Habibulloev, Sharifjon, Kavtaradze, Giorgi, Gurskaya, Marina, Agafonov, Leonid, Rahmonov, Oimahmad, Roibu, Cătălin-Constantin, Akkemik, Unal, Köse, Nesibe, Norman, Charles
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.12.2024
• Subjects: Arctic Oscillation (AO); Arctic region; Caucasus region; climate change; dendrochronology; drought; Eurasia; Future prediction; Georgia; growth rings; Kura River; latitude; Mediterranean region; palaeogeography; paleoclimatology; paleoecology; rivers; runoff; sea level; stream flow; Streamflow reconstruction; temperature; Transcaucasia Region; tree growth; Turkey (country); water management; watersheds; Georgia; Mediterranean region; Eurasia; Arctic region; Caucasus region; Kura River; Arctic Oscillation (AO); Streamflow reconstruction; Transcaucasia Region; Future prediction

In this paper, we conduct a dendrochronological study in the Western Transcaucasia region of Georgia to elucidate the relationship between tree growth and climatic variables (temperature, precipitation, and streamflow) in order to reconstruct the paleohydrology of the Kura River and to assess the im...