Fire Scar Dates from Walnut Canyon National Monument, Arizona
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Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, University of ArizonaIssue Date
1990-01-03Metadata
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Final Report to National Park Service, Southern Arizona Group OfficeAbstract
Eighteen samples of fire-scarred ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa Laws.) from Walnut Canyon National Monument (Fig. 1) were delivered to the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research in September 1989. These partial cross section samples were prepared and dendrochronologically dated. This report contains a brief description of the methods used in this project, and a detailed listing of the dating results. Some preliminary observations of the character of fire history are offered.Type
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