AMS RADIOCARBON DATING OF THE LARGE PEDUNCULATE OAK OF MERCHEAŞA, ROMANIA

Adrian PATRUT; Laszlo RAKOSY; Roxana T. PATRUT; Victor BOCOS-BINTINTAN; Ileana-Andreea RATIU; Jenö BODIS; Stephan WOODBORNE

doi:10.24193/subbchem.2021.3.16

AMS RADIOCARBON DATING OF THE LARGE PEDUNCULATE OAK OF MERCHEAŞA, ROMANIA

Authors

Adrian PATRUT Babeş-Bolyai University, Faculty of Chemstry 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
Laszlo RAKOSY Babeş-Bolyai University, Faculty of Biology and Geology, 44 Republicii, RO-400015, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7793-6996
Roxana T. PATRUT Babeş-Bolyai University, Faculty of Chemstry and Chemical Engineering, 11 Arany Janos, RO-400028, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8691-2160
Victor BOCOS-BINTINTAN Babeş-Bolyai University, Faculty of Envoronmental Science and Engineering, 30 Fantanele, RO-400294 Cluj-Napoca, Romania. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0836-1049
Ileana-Andreea RATIU Babeş-Bolyai University, Faculty of Chemstry 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/0000-0003-2615-684X
Jenö BODIS Babeş-Bolyai University, Faculty of Chemstry 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
Stephan WOODBORNE iThemba LABS, Private Bag 11, WITS 2050, South Africa. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8573-8626

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24193/subbchem.2021.3.16

Keywords:

AMS radiocarbon dating, Quercus robur, dendrochronology, age determination, Romania.

Abstract

The paper reports the AMS (accelerator mass spectrometry) radiocarbon dating results of the large pedunculate oak of Mercheaşa, Romania, which has a circumference of 10.16 m. Two wood samples were extracted from the trunk and from the largest horizontal branch. Five segments from these samples were analysed by AMS radiocarbon. The oldest dated sample segment originates from the largest horizontal branch, very close to its geometrical centre. It had a radiocarbon date of 386 ± 45 BP, which corresponds to a calibrated age of 540 ± 35 calendar years. This value indicates an age of 560 ± 35 years for the oak of Mercheaşa.

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STUDIA UBB CHEMIA, Volume 66 (LXVI), No. 3, September 2021

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2021-09-30

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PATRUT, A., RAKOSY, L., PATRUT, R. T., BOCOS-BINTINTAN, V., RATIU, I.-A., BODIS, J., & WOODBORNE, S. (2021). AMS RADIOCARBON DATING OF THE LARGE PEDUNCULATE OAK OF MERCHEAŞA, ROMANIA. Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Chemia, 66(3), 255–263. https://doi.org/10.24193/subbchem.2021.3.16