History of Tree-Ring Research II January 16, 2009
Dec 17, 2015
Douglass, A.E. 1929. The secret of the southwest solved by talkative tree rings. National Geographic Magazine 56(6):736-770.
Subfields of Dendrochronology
• Dendroarchaeology: Dating of Archaeological dwellings.• Dendroclimatology: Developing a record of past climate.• Dendrogeomorphology: Dating land movements such as
landslides in the past.• Dendrohydrology: Creating a record of past water availability
and flooding.• Dendroglaciology: Dating past movements of glaciers.• Dendrovolcanology: Dating the past eruptions of volcanoes.• Dendrochemistry: Using tree rings as a monitor of the
chemical makeup of the soil.• Dendroecology: Recording ecological processes such as tree-
line movement, insect outbreaks, or movement of invasive tree species.
• Dendropyrochronology: Dating the past occurrence of forest fires.
• Dendroentomology: The use of tree rings to reconstruct past population levels of insects.
• Dendromastecology: The use of tree rings to reconstruct fruiting events in trees.
Individual tree species that can live to more than 1,000 years,that we know of? • Intermountain bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva D.K. Bailey), 4,844 years
old • Alerce (Fitzroya cuppressoides (Molina) Johnston), 3,620 years old • Giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum (Lindl.) Buchholz), 3,300
years old • Rocky Mountain bristlecone pine (Pinus aristata Engelm.), 2,425 years old • Coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens (D.Don) Endl.), 2,200 years old • Foxtail pine (Pinus balfouriana Grev. & Balf.), 2,110 years old • Rocky Mountain juniper (Juniperus scopulorum Sarg.), 1,889 years old • Limber pine (Pinus flexilis James), 1,670 years old • Alaska yellow-cedar (Chamaecyparis nootkatensis (D.Don) Spach), 1,636• Baldcypress (Taxodium distichum (L.) Rich.), 1,622 years old • Western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis Hook.), 1,288 years old • Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco), 1,275 years old • Huon pine (Lagarostrobus franklinii C.J. Quinn), 1,089 years old • Northern white-cedar (Thuja occidentalis L.), 1,032 years old • Himalayan Hemlock (Tsuga dumosa) 1,011 years old
International Tree Ring Data Bank (ITRDB)
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/paleo/treering.html