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    Radiocarbon dating of the historic Livingstone Tree at Chiramba, Mozambique

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    2020
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    Patrut, Adrian  Concept link
    Patrut, Roxana T.  Concept link
    Slater, Michael J.  Concept link
    Rakosy, Laszlo  Concept link
    Lowy, Daniel A.  Concept link
    von Reden, Karl F.  Concept link
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    Citable URI
    https://hdl.handle.net/1912/26500
    As published
    https://doi.org/10.24193/subbchem.2020.3.11
    DOI
    10.24193/subbchem.2020.3.11
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     AMS radiocarbon dating; Adansonia digitata; tropical trees; age determination; closed ring-shaped structure; false cavity 
    Abstract
    The article reports the AMS (accelerator mass spectrometry) radiocarbon dating results of the Livingstone Tree, a large African baobab on the right bank of the Zambezi, near Chiramba, Mozambique. In 1858, David Livingstone, who discovered the baobab, carved his monogram on the walls of its inner cavity. In 1996, the historic baobab was uprooted when a cyclone struck the area. Several wood fragments were extracted from the remains of the toppled tree. Five samples which originate from these fragments were subsequently dated by radiocarbon. The oldest sample had a radiocarbon date of 1598 ± 17 BP, that corresponded in 1996 to a calibrated age of 1490 ± 35 calendar years. According to this value, the Livingstone Tree at Chiramba becomes one of the oldest known African baobabs, with an age of over 1500 years. The Livingstone Tree had a closed ring-shaped structure, that consisted of 4 fused stems around a false cavity and also 2 additional stems outside the ring.
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    Author Posting. © Studia Chemia, 2020. Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Seria Chemia is an Open Access Journal (read, download, copy, distribute, print for research use, search, or link to the full texts of articles). The definitive version was published in Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai, Seria Chemia 65, no. 3 (2020): 149-156, doi:10.24193/subbchem.2020.3.11.
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    Patrut, A., Patrut, R. T., Slater, M. J., Rakosy, L., Lowy, D. A., & Von Reden, K. F. (2020). Radiocarbon dating of the historic Livingstone Tree at Chiramba, Mozambique. Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Chemia, 65(3), 149-156.
     

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