dendrochronology
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They will use dendrochronology, also known as tree ring dating, where the rings in the wood are counted to establish the age of a tree.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2024
Luckily for dendrochronology, spikes in cosmic radiation generate spikes in atmospheric levels of carbon-14, the isotope whose slow decay is the clock that anchors radiocarbon dating.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 2023
Fortunately, the field of dendrochronology can come to the rescue.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 27, 2023
The wood from the shipwreck was compared to a database provided by Columbia University, said Mukund Palat Rao, a postdoctoral researcher who specializes in dendrochronology.
From New York Times ● Sep. 7, 2022
The outermost wood of eight trees was dated using dendrochronology, and of these, seven died during the year 1699, suggesting that the land was inundated by water at that time.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
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