Dendrochronology:
- ology: the study of
- chronos: time, or more specifically events in past time
- dendros: using trees, or more specifically the growth rings of trees
Applications in dendrochronology include:
- ecology: insect outbreaks, forest stand structure, past fires (see image to the right):
- The white arrows indicate distinct fires of the past
- Each of those fires has been dendrochronologically dated to the year it burned
- climatology: past droughts or cold periods
- geology: past earthquakes, volcanic eruptions
- anthropology: past construction, habitation, and abandonment of societies
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