Carbon-13 in a-cellulose of oak latewood (Jędrzejów, Southern Poland) during the Maunder Minimum

Authors

  • Anna Pazdur Institute of Physics, Silesian University of Technology, Krzywoustego 2, PL-44-100 Gliwice, Poland
  • Sylwia Korput Institute of Physics, Silesian University of Technology, Krzywoustego 2, PL-44-100 Gliwice, Poland
  • Mariusz Fogtman Institute of Physics, Silesian University of Technology, Krzywoustego 2, PL-44-100 Gliwice, Poland
  • Małgorzata Szczepanek Institute of Physics, Silesian University of Technology, Krzywoustego 2, PL-44-100 Gliwice, Poland
  • Stanisław Hałas Institute of Physics, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Plac M. Curie-Skłodowskiej 1, PL-20-031 Lublin, Poland
  • Marek Krąpiec Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection, AGH University of Science and Technology, Al. Mickiewicza 30, PL-30-059 Kraków, Poland
  • Elżbieta Szychowska-Krąpiec Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection, AGH University of Science and Technology, Al. Mickiewicza 30, PL-30-059 Kraków, Poland

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Abstract

We have studied the d13 C signature in latewood a-cellulose of an ancient oak (Quercus robur L.) from a Cisterian Abbey belfry in Jędrzejów (Southern Poland). The time scale for the d13 C record during 1631-1765 AD was built on the basis of detailed dendrochronology studies. Techniques available for extraction of a-cellulose from small samples have been used, the mean value of a-cellulose extraction efficiency being ca. 35%. In the d13 C record of a-cellulose the cooling between 1650-1700 AD is clearly visible as a decrease of about 1.5. This period is consistent with the interval of the lowest solar activity between 1645 and 1715 AD, which is known as the Maunder Minimum. Anti-correlation between d13 C and D14 C during the Maunder Minimum was observed but D14 C record is delayed by about 30 years with respect to the Maunder Minimum.

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2010-03-27

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Vol. 49 No. 2 (2005)

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