GEOG 4900 - Dendrochronology

(3 Lecture Hours 2 Lab Hours 4 Credit Hours)

Prerequisite: GEOG 1112 and GEOG 1113
Dendrochronology is one of the most versatile disciplines in the physical and cultural sciences. The science uses tree rings that are dated to their exact year of formation to analyze the temporal and spatial patterns of processes in the physical and cultural sciences. The science takes advantage of the fact that trees are nature’s ultimate environmental monitoring stations. They are immobile, they assimilate events in the environment, they have their own special language, and they can’t lie (although sometimes they make searching for the truth quite challenging). In this course, you’ll learn how to read the language of trees and how to use this in-formation to learn about past and present environmental processes that may shed light on your particular research questions.