Slide 1Stem Lecture Support of Leaves, Flowers, Fruits Conduction of Water, Minerals, Sugars, etc. Photosynthesis Storage Defense Functions Slide 2 Stems support a display…
Slide 1Dendrochronology Sean D. Pitman, M.D. March 2006 www.DetectingDesign.com Methuselah Tree Dated at 4,767 years old The Oldest Living Thing Slide 2 Slide 3 Slide 4 Slide…
Slide 1 The Earliest People Chapter 2 Slide 2 Prehistory Time before written records So how do we know what happened? – Archaeologists and Anthropologists – Artifacts,…
Slide 1 Laboratory Methods in Dendrochronology Slide 2 Now, let’s take our wood samples back to the laboratory:Now, let’s take our wood samples back to the laboratory:…
Slide 1 Mike Baillie Professor Emeritus School of Geography, Archaeology and Palaeoecology Queen’s University Belfast Tree-rings suggest that Celtic myths may have a core…
Slide 1Absolute Age Determining How Old Geologic Features Are Slide 2 Absolute Age Absolute Age is the numeric age of an object or event, often stated in years before the…
Slide 1 Dendrochronology Slide 2 Dendroecology Dendroecology uses dated tree rings to study ecological events such as fire and insect outbreaks Was developed by Theodor Hartig…
Slide 1 THE CLIMATE RECORD & SEVERE WEATHER CLIMATOLOGY Slide 2 Slide 3 PROXY DATA Historical Documents Biological evidence coral, forams, pollen, tree rings Geological…
Slide 1 PRINCIPLES OF DENDROCHRONOLOGY Set of principles or “scientific rules” Some are specific to dendrochronology –Tree selection Others are basic to many disciplines…