Mackenzie River Driftwood: A Dendrochronological Study

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Eggertsson, 'Olafur
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1994
• Subjects: Dendrochronology; Driftwood; Ocean currents; Plant distribution; Alaska; Greenland; Mackenzie Delta; N.W.T; Mackenzie River region; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Canada; Fleuve Mackenzie; Liard; Mackenzie River; Mer de Beaufort; Svalbard; Arctique*; East Greenland; east greenland current; Groenland; groenlandais; Iceland; Liard River; Mackenzie river; Mer de Béring; Océan Arctique
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64337

As part of a general study of arctic driftwood, 206 samples of driftwood logs from the Mackenzie delta area were analyzed by dendrochronological methods (tree-ring studies). The aim was to detect the origin of the wood. Three forest stands in the delta were also sampled, and tree-ring chronologies w...