dendrochronology

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They will use dendrochronology, also known as tree ring dating, where the rings in the wood are counted to establish the age of a tree.

From BBC • Sep. 25, 2024

That practice has spawned an entire subfield of scientific inquiry known as dendrochronology.

From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2024

Luckily for dendrochronology, spikes in cosmic radiation generate spikes in atmospheric levels of carbon-14, the isotope whose slow decay is the clock that anchors radiocarbon dating.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 27, 2023

Fortunately, the field of dendrochronology can come to the rescue.

From Scientific American • Sep. 27, 2023

The outermost wood of eight trees was dated using dendrochronology, and of these, seven died during the year 1699, suggesting that the land was inundated by water at that time.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015