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Tree Ring Laboratory

Dendrochronology, tree ring dating, is a technique in which the annual growth layers of trees may be assigned a named year and the history of changes in the tree's environment may be reconstructed.

Many diverse applications of this practice have been developed by researchers at the laboratory. Major contributions have been made to archaeology, art history, forest ecology, geology, geophysics, solar physics, hydrology and climatology.

Several hundred scientists around the world use dendrochronological techniques in many fields of science. The UA laboratory is the place to which they most commonly turn for advice and training.


From the Websatff: We didn't get to send a reporter on this trip, but we did send a photographer.


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Rex Adams of the UA Laboratory of Tree-ring research, center		 {TreeLab}
Taking a few notes in the lab storage room...
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Examining an incredibly old tree sample... 		{treelab}
The dendro-archaeology lab is filled with core samples and journalists.


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Storage rooms beneath the university football stadium hold thousands of wood and soil samples. (A very low-light shot, sorry!)
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The UA Football stadium, which houses the UA Laboratory of Tree-ring research. This is the southeast corner. The storage room is between this side of the stadium and the bleachers.

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