Detail of tree-ring cross-section from southern Colorado. This photo, and others like it, are published in the USGS Data Release "Preserving Tree-Ring Datasets for Climate and Hazard Research and Understanding Societal Impacts: Colorado Fire, Climate, Humans".
Multimedia
Pictures of Dendrochronology Lab samples, related fieldwork, and more.
Images
Tree-ring cross-section
Detail of tree-ring cross-section from southern Colorado. This photo, and others like it, are published in the USGS Data Release "Preserving Tree-Ring Datasets for Climate and Hazard Research and Understanding Societal Impacts: Colorado Fire, Climate, Humans".
Sampling remnant wood
Dendrochronologist Becky Brice using laboratory chain saw to sample remnant wood in southern Colorado.
Dendrochronologist Becky Brice using laboratory chain saw to sample remnant wood in southern Colorado.
Tree core
Closeup of a tree core sample showing tree rings obtained using increment borer, Dinosaur National Monument.
Closeup of a tree core sample showing tree rings obtained using increment borer, Dinosaur National Monument.