Dendrochronology Essay Examples

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The Importance of Forensic Botany in Solving Crimes (1555 words, 6 pages)

Forensic botany looks to plant life so as to gain information that results from possible crimes. The leaves, seeds, grains and pollen found either on the body or scene of the crime give very valuable information in relation to the crime. Legal natural science has a few sub-disciplines palynology (the ... Read More

A Description of the Controversial Carbon Dating (901 words, 1 pages)

Controversial Carbon DatingThe continuous formation of the radioactive isotope of carbon-14 occurs in the upper atmosphere when neutrons produced by the cosmic rays interact with atmospheric nitrogen atoms. Carbon-14 unites with oxygen to form radioactive carbon dioxide, which then mixes throughout the atmosphere. Through the food chain and photosynthesis, radioactive ... Read More

An Introduction to the History of Anasazi (1362 words, 2 pages)

What really happened to the Anasazi The Crisis of the Thirteenth Century The Anasazi are ancestors of the present- day Pueblo, Zuni, and Hopi tribes of New Mexico and Arizona. The Anasazi fished, hunted small game, and gathered wild foods. They eventually started to build elaborate structures called cliff dwellings, ... Read More

A Description of Dating Process of Dedrochronology (956 words, 3 pages)

Dendrochronology is the dating of the past through the study of tree ring growth. Dendrochronology is based on the principle that most trees produce new growth rings each year, in between their wood and the bark. The thickness of each of the tress rings varies depending on the environmental conditions ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013