Dendrochronology

Dendrochronology

The study of tree rings and subfossil wood to provide information about the glacial and climatic history of an area.

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Category: Glaciers
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dendrochronology

Biology; Cell biology

The process of determining the age of a tree or wood used in structures by counting the number of annual growth rings.

dendrochronology

Anthropology; Physical anthropology

The study of annual growth-rings of trees, usually for the purpose of chronometric dating logs found in association with relatively recent archaeological sites. Tree-ring ...

dendrochronology

Environment; Environmental conservation

The dating of past events and variations in the environment and the climate by studying the annual growth rings of trees. The approximate age of a temperate forest tree can be ...

dendrochronology

Geography; Physical geography

Observation of a core or cross-section of a tree trunk shows a pattern of essentially concentric rings, each representing a year of growth. The number of rings can therefore be ...

dendrochronology

Archaeology; Human evolution

The study of tree-ring patterns; annual variations in climatic conditions which produce differential growth can be used both as a measure of environmental change, and as the basis ...

ice-marginal lake

Water bodies; Glaciers

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glacier

Water bodies; Glaciers

A large persistent body of ice. Originating on land, a glacier flows slowly due to stresses induced by its weight. A glacier forms in a location where the accumulation of snow ...

glacier mill

Water bodies; Glaciers

A narrow, tubular chute or crevasse through which water enters a glacier from the surface. Occasionally, the lower end of a moulin may be exposed in the face of a glacier or at ...

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Water bodies; Glaciers

A linear depression, inches to miles in length, produced by the removal of rock or sediment by the erosive action of a glacier.

retreat

Water bodies; Glaciers

A decrease in the length of a glacier compared to a previous point in time. As ice in a glacier is always moving forward, its terminus retreats when more ice is lost at the ...

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