Publication: Radiocarbon in tropical tree rings during the Little Ice Age
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2004-08-01
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0168583X
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Mahidol University
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Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms. Vol.223-224, No.SPEC. ISS. (2004), 489-494
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Q. Hua, M. Barbetti, U. Zoppi, D. Fink, M. Watanasak, G. E. Jacobsen Radiocarbon in tropical tree rings during the Little Ice Age. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms. Vol.223-224, No.SPEC. ISS. (2004), 489-494. doi:10.1016/j.nimb.2004.04.092 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/21429
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Radiocarbon in tropical tree rings during the Little Ice Age
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Cross-dated tree-ring cores (Pinus merkusii) from north-central Thailand, spanning AD 1620-1780, were used to investigate atmospheric14C for the tropics during the latter part of the Little Ice Age. In addition, a cross-dated section of Huon pine from western Tasmania, covering the same period of time, was investigated. A total of 16 pairs of decadal samples were extracted to alpha-cellulose for AMS14C analysis using the ANTARES facility at ANSTO. The14C results from Thailand follow the trend of the southern hemisphere, rather than that of the northern hemisphere. This is a surprising result, and we infer that atmospheric14C for north-central Thailand, at 17° N, was strongly influenced by the entrainment of southern hemisphere air parcels during the southwest Asian monsoon, when the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone moves to the north of our sampling site. Such atmospheric transport and mixing are therefore considered to be one of the principal mechanisms for regional14C offsets. © 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.