James Dyer
Professor of Geography
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 Introduction to Tree Coring
&
Preparing Tree Cores for Analysis

  Video Clips Produced by Dylan Helena Dyer

Plus Supplemental Materials (PDF Format)
on Mounting, Sanding, and Crossdating Cores



Introduction to Tree Coring (4 Parts):


Part 1: Getting started; beginning to core [oak tree]




Part 2: Extracting the core and storing it in the straw


Part 3: Taking a second core from the oak tree; starting to core a beech


Part 4: Extracting the core from a leaky beech; coring a pine (coring summary); cleaning the increment borer



Preparing Tree Cores for Analysis (2 Parts):

Part 1: Mounting cores; using a belt sander


Part 2: Sanding by hand; crossdating basics


Supplemental materials (PDFs)

Last updated 28 February 2012

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