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An introduction to tree-ring dating / by Stokes, Marvin A.(CARDINAL)324749; Smiley, Terah L.(Terah Leroy),1914-(CARDINAL)324748;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 65-68) and index.
Subjects: Dendrochronology.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Tree story : the history of the world written in rings / by Trouet, Valerie,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."This book tells engaging stories about the science of dendrochronology, the study of tree growth rings. From studying tree rings, scientists can learn about the past climate on earth, and sometimes tree-ring data provide evidence of natural events that affected human history. Connecting natural history (as read through tree rings) to human history is at the heart of this book"--Trees in the Desert -- I Count the Rings Down in Africa -- Adonis, Methusaleh, and Prometheus -- And the Tree Was Happy -- The Messiah, the Plague, and Shipwrecks under the City -- The Hockey Stick Poster Child -- Wind of Change -- Winter Is Coming -- Three Tree-Ring Scientists Walk into a Bar -- Ghosts, Orphans, and Extraterrestrials -- Disintegration, or The Fall of Rome -- It's the End of the World as We Know It -- Once upon a Time in the West -- Will the Wind Ever Remember? -- After the Gold Rush -- The Forest for the Trees -- Playlist -- List of Tree Species.
Subjects: Dendrochronology.; Tree-rings.;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 5
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Fundamentals of tree-ring research / by Speer, James H.,1971-(CARDINAL)563982;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-323) and index.1. Introduction -- Some interesting applications of dendrochronology -- Some basic principles and definitions in dendrochronology -- Subfields of dendrochronology -- Limitations of dendrochronology -- Objective -- Summary -- 2. Some basic principles and concepts in dendrochronology -- Principle of uniformitarianism -- Principle of crossdating -- Principle of limiting factors -- Principle of the aggregate tree growth model -- Concept of autocorrelation -- Concept of ecological amplitude -- Principle of site selection -- Principle of replication -- Concept of standardization -- Summary -- 3. History of dendrochronology -- The early years -- The 1700s and the 1709 frost ring -- The 1800s : tree rings become common knowledge -- The early 1900s, Douglass, and Huber -- The modern era and international organization -- Summary -- 4. Growth and structure of wood -- Tree physiology -- Basic wood structure -- Cell features and types -- Forms of wood structure -- Reaction wood -- Growth initiation and absent rings -- Growth throughout the year -- Ring anomalies -- Summary -- 5. Field and laboratory methods -- Gear -- Field methods -- Site selection -- Random versus targeted sampling -- Plots, transects, or targeted sampling -- Coring a tree -- Testing for a compressed core -- Taking and packaging a core -- Removing an increment borer from the tree -- Spanish windlass technique for retrieving a stuck borer -- Cleaning an increment borer -- Sharpening an increment borer -- Laboratory methods -- Preparing core samples -- Mounting cores -- Untwisting cores -- Sanding cores -- Preparing cross sections -- Analysis of cores and cross sections -- Skeleton plotting -- List method -- Memorization method -- Combining dating methods -- Measuring methods -- Measuring systems -- Measuring rings -- Pith indicators --Work time distribution -- Summary.10. Dendrogeomorphology -- Sources of information -- Reaction wood -- Death dates -- Establishment dates -- Wound events -- Coarse woody debris -- Roots -- Subfields of dendrogeomorphology -- Dendrovolcanolgy -- Dendroglaciology -- Mass movement -- Dendroseismology : plate boundaries, faults, and earthquakes -- Limitations of dendrogeomorphology -- Conclusion -- 11. Dendrochemistry -- Methods of elemental analysis -- Radial translocation -- Other confounding factors -- Event reconstructions -- Elements that are useful in dendrochemistry -- Conclusions on dendrochemistry -- Radiometric isotopes -- Stable isotopes -- Limitations -- Standard procedures -- Fractionation -- Other usable elements -- Conclusion -- 12. Frontiers in dendrochronology -- Stable isotopes -- Multiple proxies -- Image analysis of reflected light -- Wood anatomy -- Tropical dendrochronology -- Unique environments -- Sclerochronology -- Conclusion -- Appendix A. Tree and shrub species that have been used by dendrochronologists -- Appendix. B. Age of the oldest trees per species -- Appendix C. Pith indicators -- Appendix D. Field note cards -- Appendix E. Web resources.6. Computer programs and statistical methods -- Statistics in dendrochronology -- Series intercorrelation -- Mean sensitivity -- Gleichläufigkeit (sign test) -- Running r̄ -- Expressed population signal -- Subsample signal strength -- Measuring programs -- MeasureJ2X -- Keystroke tutorial for measureJ2X -- Dendrochronology program library -- FMT -- COFECHA -- Keystroke tutorial of COFECHA -- Reading the output of COFECHA -- Conclusions on COFECHA -- EDRM -- ARSTAN --Keystroke tutorial for ARSTAN -- Reading the output of ARSTAN -- Regional curve standardization -- YUX -- Climate analysis packages -- PRECON -- DENDROCLIM -- OUTBREAK -- Spectral analysis -- EVENT -- Conclusion -- 7. Dendroarchaeology -- Archaeological methods -- Sample collection -- Chronologies used in dendrochronology to archaeology -- Construction dates -- Dating artifacts -- Climate reconstructions and anthropogenic ecology -- Fire in the Southwestern United States -- Fire in the Eastern United Sates -- Culturally modified trees -- Insct outbreaks -- Mast --Dendrogeomorphology in archaeology -- Future of dendroarchaeology.8. Dendroclimatology -- Methods fo dendroclimatology -- Applications of dendroclimatology -- Climate indices -- Climate gradient studies --Latitudinal gradient --Treeline studies --Dendrohydrology : water table height and flood events -- Segment-length curse -- Archaeological uses of climate reconstructions -- Use of climate reconstructions for future prediction -- 9. Dendroecology -- Methods of dendroecology -- Stand-age structure -- Ring-width analysis -- Tree scars -- Basal area increment -- Applications of dendroecology -- Gap-phase dynamics -- Forest productivity and succession -- Old forests -- Dendropyrochronology -- Surface fire -- Stand-replacing fire -- Ground fire -- Seasonal resolution of fire scars -- Fire in the southwestern United States -- Fire in Scandinavia -- Fire in Canada -- Dendroentomology -- Stem analysis -- Conclusions on dendroentomology -- Wildlife populations and herbivory --Distributional limits of species -- Treeline and subarctic studies -- Interactions of multiple disturbances -- Other applications of dendroecology -- Conclusion.
Subjects: Dendrochronology.; Tree-rings.; Trees; Wood.;
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Conservation of wooden monuments : proceedings of the ICOMOS Wood Committee, IV international symposium, Canada, June 1982 / by Byrne, Richard O.(Richard Oliver),1940-(CARDINAL)271351; Heritage Canada.(CARDINAL)271348; ICOMOS Canada.(CARDINAL)271349; ICOMOS Wood Committee.(CARDINAL)271350;
Includes bibliographies.
Subjects: Conference papers and proceedings.; Historic buildings; Building, Wooden; Wood; Dendrochronology;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Final report : the last year of tree growth for selected timbers within the Iredell House, kitchen, as derived by key-year dendrochronology/ by Heikkenen, Herman John,author.(CARDINAL)864623; Dendrochronology, Inc.;
Includes bibliographical references (leaf 6).
Subjects: James Iredell House (Edenton, N.C.); Dendrochronology; Historic sites; Historic buildings;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Final report : the last year of tree growth for selected timbers within the Iredell House, west addition, as derived by key-year dendrochronology/ by Heikkenen, Herman John,author.(CARDINAL)864623; Dendrochronology, Inc.;
Includes bibliographical references (leaf 6).
Subjects: James Iredell House (Edenton, N.C.); Dendrochronology; Historic sites; Historic buildings;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Final report : the last year of tree growth for selected timbers within the Palmer-Marsh House, as derived by key-year dendrochronology / by Heikkenen, Herman John,author.(CARDINAL)864623; American Institute of Dendrochronology, Inc.,issuing body.;
Includes bibliographical references (leaf 7).
Subjects: Timber; Historic buildings;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Final report : the last year of tree growth for selected timbers within the Chowan County Courthouse and the cupola house, Edenton, North Carolina, as derived by key-year dendrochronology / by Heikkenen, Herman John,author.(CARDINAL)864623; Dendrochronology, Inc.;
Includes bibliographical references (leaf 11).
Subjects: Chowan County Courthouse (Edenton, N.C.); Dendrochronology; Historic sites; Historic buildings;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Black death : natural and human disaster in medieval Europe / by Gottfried, Robert Steven,1949-(CARDINAL)717485;
"Bibliographical essay": pages 187-194.A fascinating work of detective history, The Black Death traces the causes and far-reaching consequences of this infamous outbreak of plague that spread across the continent of Europe from 1347 to 1351. Drawing on sources as diverse as monastic manuscripts and dendrochronological studies (which measure growth rings in trees), historian Robert S. Gottfried demonstrates how a bacillus transmitted by rat fleas brough on an ecological reign of terror--killing one European in three, wiping out entire villages and towns, and rocking the foundation of medieval society and civilization.
Subjects: Black Death;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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German and Netherlandish paintings, 1450-1600 / by Dunbar, Burton L.(Burton Lewis),1942-(CARDINAL)280222; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.(CARDINAL)171159;
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Foreword / Marc F. Wilson -- Preface / Ian Kennedy -- Acknowledgments / Burton L. Dunbar -- The collecting of German and Netherlandish paintings in Kansas City / Burton L. Dunbar -- Infrared reflectography and other methods of technical investigation in the study of Early Northern European paintings at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art / Molly Faries -- Dendrochronological analysis of the Northern Renaissance panel paintings in the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art / Peter Klein -- Notes to the catalogue and abbreviated sources -- Catalogue / Burton L. Dunbar with contributions by Anne W. Lowenthal and Roger Ward -- Index of proper names -- Index of former collections -- Photograph credits.
Subjects: Catalogs.; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art; Panel painting, Netherlandish; Panel painting, Renaissance; Panel painting, Renaissance; Panel painting, German; Panel painting, German; Panel painting, Renaissance; Panel painting; Painting, Netherlandish; Painting, German;
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