Regional Sources of Volcanic Carbon Dioxide and Their Influence on 14C Content of Present-Day Plant Material
Citation
Bruns, M., Levin, I., Münnich, K. O., Hubberten, H. W., & Fillipakis, S. (1980). Regional sources of volcanic carbon dioxide and their influence on 14C content of present-day plant material. Radiocarbon, 22(2), 532-536.Publisher
American Journal of ScienceJournal
RadiocarbonAdditional Links
http://radiocarbon.webhost.uits.arizona.edu/Abstract
14C measurements were made on present-day plant material with short integration times (tree leaves and sprouts) in the Eifel area, western Germany, where ancient volcanism produces gaseous emanations of considerable yield. Plants growing near sources emanating 14C-free CO2 show a significant depletion in the period of their growth. The same effect is found in the 14C content of recent samples from the Thera (Santorini) Archipelago/Greece. This mixing of "dead" CO2 may lead to pseudo ages in archaeologic or geologic samples of up to 1600 years in samples from the vicinity of CO2 emanating sources.Type
Articletext
Language
enISSN
0033-8222ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1017/S0033822200009851