Carbon Isotopic Composition of Tree Rings as a Tool for Biomonitoring CO2 Level
Issue Date
2004-01-01Keywords
atmosphereAugustow Poland
C 13 C 12
C 14 C 12
carbon
carbon dioxide
Cenozoic
Central Europe
concentration
Cracow Polandenvironmental effectsEuropegeochemistryHolocenehuman activityisotope ratiosisotopesPolandQuaternaryradioactive isotopesstable isotopesSuess effectSuwalki Polandtree ringsUpper Silesiavariationswood
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Pawełczyk, S., & Pazdur, A. (2004). Carbon isotopic composition of tree rings as a tool for biomonitoring CO 2 level. Radiocarbon, 46(2), 701-719.Journal
RadiocarbonDescription
From the 18th International Radiocarbon Conference held in Wellington, New Zealand, September 1-5, 2003.Additional Links
http://radiocarbon.webhost.uits.arizona.edu/Abstract
Carbon isotopes are widely used as indicators in the study of atmospheric CO2 variability in space and time. Preliminary results are part of a project investigating 13C and 14C concentration changes during the last 150 yr in Poland, both in industrial and ecologically clean regions, using annual tree rings (Pinus sylvestris, Populus nigra). The results describe the local Suess effect recorded in the industrial Krakow and Upper Silesia regions compared to changes of background radiocarbon concentration caused by global human activity in a "clean region", Augustów Wilderness. The delta-13C record also shows the influence of the local Suess effect.Type
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