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    Final radiocarbon investigation of Platland tree, the biggest African baobab

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    Date
    2017
    Author
    Patrut, Adrian  Concept link
    Woodborne, Stephan  Concept link
    Patrut, Roxana T.  Concept link
    Rakosy, Laszlo  Concept link
    Hall, Grant  Concept link
    Ratiu, Ileana  Concept link
    von Reden, Karl F.  Concept link
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    https://hdl.handle.net/1912/9441
    As published
    https://doi.org/10.24193/subbchem.2017.2.27
    DOI
    10.24193/subbchem.2017.2.27
    Keyword
     AMS radiocarbon dating; Adansonia digitata; Tropical trees; Ring-shaped structure; Age determination; False cavity 
    Abstract
    The article discloses the main results of our new investigation of Platland tree, a.k.a. Sunland baobab, the largest known African baobab. Our recent research was motivated by the three successive splits of 2016 and 2017, which determined the collapse and demise of the stems that have built the main unit of the tree. According to our new findings concerning the architecture of large and old baobabs, we established that Platland tree has a double closed-ring shaped structure and consists of two units/rings that close two separate false cavities. The larger unit was composed of five fused stems, out of which four toppled and died, while the fifth stem is already broken. The smaller unit, which is still standing, consists of three fused stems. We also determined that the larger unit had an age of 800 yr, while the smaller unit is 1100 yr old.
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    Author Posting. © Studia Chemia, 2017. This article is posted here by permission of Studia Chemia for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai, Seria Chemia 62, no. 2, Tom 2 (2017): 347-354, doi:10.24193/subbchem.2017.2.27.
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    Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai, Seria Chemia 62, no. 2, Tom 2 (2017): 347-354
     

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