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The science that dates annual tree rings to their exact year of formation for study of modern, historical, and prehistorical events and environmental...


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Figure 1.Ring patterns showing complacent and sensitive ring series. (a) Climate has minimal effect on ring widths when trees have ample moisture every year. (b) Maximum ring-width variations occur on sites where growth is limited by factors that vary from year to year. (Courtesy of Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, University of Arizona)
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Figure 2.Core being taken from a tree with an increment borer. (Courtesy of Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, University of Arizona)
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Figure 3.Chronology building. Chronologies are extended backward in time by matching patterns of wood samples whose ages overlap.
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