| How to best use this presentation: There are 13 inter-linked explanatory web pages, all of which: | |
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| 1. Introduction | This page -- getting started |
| 2. Dendrochronology Applications | Why dendrochronology is done |
| 3. Crossdating Application | An example of dating a past event with crossdating |
| 4. Ring-Growth Anomalies | Ring counting is not adequate -- crossdating is better |
| 5. Sensitivity-Complacency | Highly variable ring growth versus no variation |
| 6. Skeleton Plotting | Making marks on the skeleton plot |
| 7. Relative Scale | Standardizing the scale of ring growth with graph paper |
| 8. Master Chronology | What the master dendrochronology is |
| 9. Pattern Matching | Matching a skeleton plot with a master chronology |
| 10. Finding the Dates | Determining actual year dates of formation of every ring |
| 11. Absent/False Rings | Marking ring-growth anomalies on the skeleton plot |
| 12. Try Skeleton Plotting for Yourself! | The interactive Java-language applet |
| 13. Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research | More links to the world of dendrochronology |
| Cruise these pages in the order given OR in the order of your own interest | |