Look up: dendrochronology

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   dendrochronology
   The dating of past events and variations in the environment and the climate by studying the annual growth rings of trees. The approximate age of a temperate forest tree can be determined by counting the annual growth rings in the lower part of the trunk. The width of these annual rings is indicative of the climatic conditions during the period of growth; wide annual rings signify favorable growing conditions, absence of diseases and pests, and favorable climatic conditions, while narrow rings in...
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   dendrochronology
   Analysis of the annual rings of trees to date past events by determining the age of timber. Since annual rings are formed by variations in the water-conducting cells produced by the plant during...
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   Dendrochronology
   the study and interpretation of annual growth rings and their use in dating past variations in climate and in archaeological investigations Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • In the broadest sense,the science of dating tree rings.It includes investigations of the information content in the structure of dated rings and applications to environmental...
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   Dendrochronology
   the science of dating timber by analysing tree ring widths can be used on any timber construction from building to furniture - a sort of fingerprinting process for trees. It is a process that is dependant on reference data, but long accurate sequences (chronologies) of growth patterns, have ...
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   Dendrochronology
   `Dendrochronology` or `tree-ring dating` is the method of scientific dating based on the analysis of tree-ring growth patterns. This technique was invented and developed during the 20th century originally by A. E. Douglass, the founder of the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research at the University of Arizona. The technique can date wood to exact calendar years.
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   dendrochronology
   the scientific discipline concerned with dating and interpreting past events, particularly paleoclimates and climatic trends, based on the analysis ... [8 related articles]
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   dendrochronology
   dendrochronology 1. A method of dating using annual tree-rings; tree-ring chronology. 2. The science of tree-ring analysis and its implications. 3. In archaeology, a method of dating wooden objects by analyzing the pattern of their annual rings and comparing this pattern to an established tree-ring sequence for the region.
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   Dendrochronology
   The scientific study of the annular growth of trees. Trees produce rings of various thickness annually in response to rainfall. Tree-rings therefore, can be used to reconstruct fluctuations in rainfall in the past, reflecting past climatic conditions.
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   dendrochronology
   dendrochronology: see dating.
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