Established Theory:
A cross section of a tree will have a series of rings, one per year, the larger the ring the greater the rainfall that year. An extended pattern of rings can be determined by comparing the rings of fossilized with those of dead trees which can then be compared to living trees to extend the dating back as far as there is a continuous account of ring sizes. This dating method is only limited to fairly recent times but has been successful to dating up to about 10,000 years.
Alternative Theory:
Because the oldest tree in the world, the Bristlecone pine, is older than the Genesis Flood, Young Earth advocates argue the ring counting method is not accurate. Some years may have more than one ring while in other years the rings are indistinguishable.
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