Tree-Ring Lab
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Presentations
The table below associates various PowerPoint presentations with a brief description of their content. All these presentations were assembled on Macintosh computers so there may be some display issues when viewing them on other platforms.
Just a word of caution, some of these presentations are quite large so it's a good idea to download them while connected to a fast network connection.
Dendrochronology:
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The first of a six part series on the basics of Dendrochronology
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What are trees and tree-rings, part 1
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What are false rings, missing rings, etc..
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Field and lab techniques, part 1
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Identifying when a ring was formed
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Dating control, measurement accuracy
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Removing biological growth trends
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What is dendroarchaeolgy, part 1
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The following presentations were presented by P. Krusic at a symposium held on May 19th and 20th, 2005 Deerfield, MA
Dendoarchaeology in the Northeast: A Research Tool Comes of Age.
"Developing The Bean Town Master"
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Part1. Early Dendrochronologists
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Part2. Building Chronologies
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Part3. First Archaeological Applications
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Part4. The Mt.Wachusetts Chronology
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"Recent DendroArchaeological Developments in the Hudson River Valley"
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Dr. Neil Pederson successfully defended his thesis, in July, 2005. You may download a pdf version of Neil's defence presentation to see how he describes old growth, and read about how productive old growth forests can be.
"Climatic Sensitivity and Growth of Southern Temperate Trees in the Eastern United States: Implications for the Carbon Cycle "

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