Details Title: Dendrochronology Description: First Test Total Flash Cards: 7 Created: 09/28/2009 09:27:41		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional Geology Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term Leonardo da Vinci Definition -Noted the relationship between climate and tree growth -wrote Trattato della Pittura mentioning tree rings   Term Michel de Montaigne Definition Italy 1581 -The idea of counting tree rings to attain tree age was related to Montigne by an unnamed carpenter Term Duhamel and George Louis Leclecr de Bluffon Definition France 1737 -Counted rings to determine the date of a conspicuous frost ring Term Carl Linnaeus Definition Sweden 1707-1778 -Counted rings to determine age of trees Term A.C. Twinning  Definition Conneticut 1827 -Used crossdating and notes the common signal across a site Term Theodor Hartig Definition Germany 1837 -Set up the ecological basis for dendrochronology in Germany Term Charles Babbage Definition England 1838 -Noted the concepts of competition, compliancy, replication, reaction wood in trees, parent trees, climate reconstruction, and specific tree-ring patterns from storms and floods