RADIOCARBON INVESTIGATION OF THE SUPERLATIVE AFRICAN BAOBABS FROM SAVÉ VALLEY CONSERVANCY, ZIMBABWE

Adrian  PATRUT; Roxana T. PATRUT; Laszlo  RAKOSY; Daniel A.  LÖWY; Dragoș  MĂRGINEANU; Karl F.  REDEN, von

doi:10.24193/subbchem.2019.2.35

RADIOCARBON INVESTIGATION OF THE SUPERLATIVE AFRICAN BAOBABS FROM SAVÉ VALLEY CONSERVANCY, ZIMBABWE

Authors

Adrian PATRUT Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Babeş-Bolyai University; Raluca Ripan Institute for Research in Chemistry, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Email: apatrut@chem.ubbcluj. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9862-6735
Roxana T. PATRUT Faculty of Biology and Geology, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Email: roxanapatrut@yahoo.com. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8691-2160
Laszlo RAKOSY Faculty of Biology and Geology, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Email: laszlo.rakosy@ubbcluj.ro. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7793-6996
Daniel A. LÖWY Valor Hungariae, Department of Science and Innovation, Budapest, Hungary. Corresponding author: apatrut@chem.ubbcluj. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2210-6757
Dragoș MĂRGINEANU Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Babeş-Bolyai University; Raluca Ripan Institute for Research in Chemistry, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Email: dmargi@chemubbcluj.ro.
Karl F. REDEN, von Department of Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, NOSAMS Facility, Woods Hole, USA. Email: kvonreden@whoi.edu. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6413-9018

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24193/subbchem.2019.2.35

Keywords:

AMS radiocarbon dating, Adansonia digitata, tropical trees, dendrochronology, age determination, Zimbabwe

Abstract

The article reports the radiocarbon investigation results of the superlative African baobabs from Savé Valley, Zimbabwe. Several wood samples collected from these baobab were analysed by AMS (accelerator mass spectrometry) radiocarbon dating. The radiocarbon dates of the oldest samples were 1529 ± 14 BP for Matendere Big baobab, 1179 ± 19 BP for Chishakwe Big tree and 1096 ± 35 BP for Mokore Giant baobab. The corresponding calibrated ages are 1430 ± 15, 1090 ± 40 and 1020 ± 25 calendar yr. The oldest tree from Savé Valley, which we described previously, is the Humani Bedford Old baobab. The radiocarbon date of its oldest sample, 1655 ± 14 BP, corresponds to a calibrated age of 1580 ± 30 calendar yr.

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2019-06-28

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PATRUT, A. ., PATRUT, R. T., RAKOSY, L. ., LÖWY, D. A. ., MĂRGINEANU, D. ., & REDEN, von, K. F. . (2019). RADIOCARBON INVESTIGATION OF THE SUPERLATIVE AFRICAN BAOBABS FROM SAVÉ VALLEY CONSERVANCY, ZIMBABWE. Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Chemia, 64(2), 411–419. https://doi.org/10.24193/subbchem.2019.2.35