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Preserving Decayed Wood Samples for Tree-Ring Measurement

Wood disks in various states of decay can be inexpensively preserved and prepared for accurate crossdating and precise tree-ring measurement by impregnation with commercial wood glue. The technique does not affect the dimensions or physiological features of samples preserved in this manner. Dead red spruce trees on Mt. Washington, New Hampshire, remain available for dendrochronological examination as long as 29 years after their last year of stem growth.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/261889
Date January 1989
CreatorsKrusic, Paul J., Jr., Hornbeck, James W.
ContributorsUSDA Forest Service, Forest Experiment Station, Radnor, PA, Durham, NH
PublisherTree-Ring Society
Source SetsUniversity of Arizona
Languageen_US
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeArticle
RightsCopyright © Tree-Ring Society. All rights reserved.
Relationhttp://www.treeringsociety.org

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