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
One of the advantages of dendrochronology is that, providing reliable reference records are available, the technique can be used to date events to the nearest year.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
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