Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Collections of increment borings
  • Problems of ring analysis. The selection of trees for sampling ; The interval of ring growth ; Ring dating and ring sensitivity ; The elimination of trend
  • Tree-ring indices of runoff. Introduction ; Tributaries of the Colorado River ; Growth records in tributary basins ; The Colorado River indices
  • Fluctuations of climate in the Colorado Basin. Fluctuating areas of drought ; Dry and wet years ; Dry and wet periods ; Cycle analysis.