Radiocarbon Investigation of the Solitary African Baobab from Dalkut, Dhofar, Oman

Adrian PATRUT; Ileana Andreea RATIU; Abdulrahman R.  AL HINAI; Khalid A. AL FARSI; Laszlo RAKOSY; J. Jed BROWN; Laila S. AL HARTHY; Mihaly MOLNAR; Roxana T. PATRUT; Jenő BODIS

doi:10.24193/subbchem.2024.2.08

Radiocarbon Investigation of the Solitary African Baobab from Dalkut, Dhofar, Oman

Authors

Adrian PATRUT Babeş-Bolyai University, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, 11 Arany Janos, RO-400028, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; Babeş-Bolyai University, Raluca Ripan Institute for Research in Chemistry, 30 Fantanele, RO-400294 Cluj-Napoca, Romania; *Corresponding author, apatrut@gmail.com https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9862-6735
Ileana Andreea RATIU Babeş-Bolyai University, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, 11 Arany Janos, RO-400028, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; Babeş-Bolyai University, Raluca Ripan Institute for Research in Chemistry, 30 Fantanele, RO-400294 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Abdulrahman R. AL HINAI Oman Botanic Garden, Muscat, Oman https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4380-2658
Khalid A. AL FARSI Oman Botanic Garden, Muscat, Oman https://orcid.org/0009-0008-4801-2744
Laszlo RAKOSY Babeş-Bolyai University, Faculty of Biology and Geology, 44 Republicii, RO-400015 Cluj-Napoca, Romania https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7793-6996
J. Jed BROWN Qatar University, College of Arts and Sciences, P.O. Box 2713, Doha, Qatar https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4382-9508
Laila S. AL HARTHY Oman Botanic Garden, Muscat, Oman https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3233-1827
Mihaly MOLNAR Interact Centre, Institute for Nuclear Research, Bem ter 18/C, 4001 Debrecen, Hungary https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4382-9508
Roxana T. PATRUT Babeş-Bolyai University, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, 11 Arany Janos, RO-400028, Cluj-Napoca, Romania https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8691-2160
Jenő BODIS Babeş-Bolyai University, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, 11 Arany Janos, RO-400028, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; Babeş-Bolyai University, Raluca Ripan Institute for Research in Chemistry, 30 Fantanele, RO-400294 Cluj-Napoca, Romania https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7080-124X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24193/subbchem.2024.2.08

Keywords:

AMS radiocarbon dating, Adansonia digitata, Oman, multiple stems, age determination

Abstract

The article discloses the AMS (accelerator mass spectrometry) radiocarbon dating results of the well-known African baobab of Dalkut, Dhofar Governorate, Oman. The investigation shows that the baobab has a cluster structure and is composed of 3 perfectly fused stems. Three wood samples were collected from primary branches and one sample was collected from the exterior of a stem. Eight tiny segments were extracted from the samples and dated by radiocarbon. The oldest dated sample segment, which originates from a primary branch of the southern stem, had a radiocarbon date of 590 ± 18 BP, which corresponds to a calibrated age of 685 ± 15 years. This result indicates that the southern stem of the baobab of Dalkut is 800 ± 30 years old. According to other radiocarbon dating results, the two northern stems are younger and emerged from the southern stem around 550 years ago. The tree of Dalkut is a solitary baobab. The nearest baobab is over 150 km away, to the north

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STUDIA UBB CHEMIA, Volume 69 (LXIX), No. 2, June 2024

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2024-06-30

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PATRUT, A., RATIU, I. A., AL HINAI, A. R. ., AL FARSI, K. A., RAKOSY, L., BROWN, J. J., … BODIS, J. (2024). Radiocarbon Investigation of the Solitary African Baobab from Dalkut, Dhofar, Oman. Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Chemia, 69(2), 109–120. https://doi.org/10.24193/subbchem.2024.2.08