Taking Tree-ring Samples on Mongolia's Khorgo Lava Field (IMAGE)

University of Arizona

Taking Tree-ring Samples on Mongolia's Khorgo Lava Field

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Researchers Kevin Anchukaitis and Amy Hessl walk across the Khorgo lava field in central Mongolia to collect cross-sections of dead trees. The researchers use tree rings to create a record of Mongolia's droughts stretching two centuries into the past.

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Neil Pederson © 2012.

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