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    STUDIA CHEMIA - Issue no. 4 / 2016  
         
  Article:   AFRICAN BAOBABS WITH DOUBLE CLOSED RING-SHAPED STRUCTURES AND TWO SEPARATE FALSE CAVITIES: RADIOCARBON INVESTIGATION OF THE BAOBAB OF GOLCONDA FORT.

Authors:  ADRIAN PATRUT, ROXANA T. PATRUT, LASZLO RAKOSY, JENŐ BODIS, DANIEL A. LOWY, EDIT FORIZS, KARL F. VON REDEN.
 
       
         
  Abstract:  VIEW PDF: African Baobabs with Double Closed Ring-Shaped Structures and Two Separate False Cavities: Radiocarbon Investigation of the Baobab of Golconda Fort

The article discloses the results of radiocarbon investigation of the baobab of Golconda Fort, Hyderābād, India, which is the largest African baobab outside Africa. Two wood samples were collected from the large inner cavity; of these we extracted several segments for AMS (accelerator mass spectrometry) radiocarbon dating. The oldest sample segment had a radiocarbon date of 342 ± 22 BP, which corresponds to a calibrated age of 430 ± 20 yr. We estimate that the oldest part of the baobab has an age of 475 ± 50 yr. The investigation of the baobab of Golconda Fort revealed that it consists of 6 2 fused stems. Six stems build two rings that close two distinct false cavities, while two additional stems are located outside the rings. We called this new type of architecture double closed ring-shaped structure with two separate false cavities.

Keywords:
AMS radiocarbon dating, Adansonia digitata, tropical trees, age determination, inner cavity, multiple stems.

Published Online: 2016-12
 
         
     
         
         
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