Tree-Ring Analysis And Natural Hazard Chronologies: Minimum Sample Sizes And Index Values Footnote∗

∗Fieldwork and tree-ring collecting were supported by grants to Butler and Malanson from the Burlington Northern Foundation and the Association of American Geographers and to Oelfke from the Society of Sigma Xi. Sampling permits and access to field sites were approved by personnel of Glacier National Park, MT. Assistance in the field was provided by Lori Oelfke and in both the field and laboratory by Susan Panciera. The assistance of the reviewers, Laura Conkey and Jerome DeGraff, is gratefully acknowledged.

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