<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This study reports the variation of tree-ring widths and annual variation of concentration of metals (Na, Mg, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, Pb) in pine growing nearby chemical factories. The conifers (<italic>Pinus silvestris</italic> L.) investigated in this study covered the time span from 1920s to 2010 AD. Tree-ring widths were measured, dated and rechecked using the COFECHA. Radial trace-element profiles were determined by Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry. The combined usage of tree ring width and chemical composition of wood provides historic records of anthropogenic impact on the environment and allows identifying the behavior adaptation of trees to the pollution. Data of pine tree cores collected from the sites nearby chemical factories show increasing levels of pollution linked to the increasing of industrial activities in Poland and subsequent dust fallout around the site. This study evidences that tree rings can be used as archives of past environmental contamination.</p></abstract>

This study reports the variation of tree-ring widths and annual variation of concentration of metals (Na, Mg, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, Pb) in pine growing nearby chemical factories. The conifers (Pinus silvestris L.) investigated in this study covered the time span from 1920s to 2010 AD. Tree-ring widths were measured, dated and rechecked using the COFECHA. Radial trace-element profiles were determined by Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry. The combined usage of tree ring width and chemical composition of wood provides historic records of anthropogenic impact on the environment and allows identifying the behavior adaptation of trees to the pollution. Data of pine tree cores collected from the sites nearby chemical factories show increasing levels of pollution linked to the increasing of industrial activities in Poland and subsequent dust fallout around the site. This study evidences that tree rings can be used as archives of past environmental contamination.

Variations of tree ring width and chemical composition of wood of pine growing in the area nearby chemical factories

Département Sciences de la Terre, Laboratoire de Géochimie

Département de Géologie, UR AGEs - Argiles

Geochronometria

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This study reports the variation of tree-ring widths and annual variation of concentration of metals (Na, Mg, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, Pb) in pine growing nearby...

Variations of tree ring width and chemical composition of wood of pine growing in the area nearby chemical factories

Published Online: Nov 04, 2017

Page range: 226 - 239

Received: May 14, 2016

Accepted: Mar 28, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/geochr-2015-0064

Keywords
tree rings, pine, trace element, contamination, LA-ICP-MS

© 2017 B. Sensuła.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Variations of tree ring width and chemical composition of wood of pine growing in the area nearby chemical factories

Published Online: Nov 04, 2017

Page range: 226 - 239

Received: May 14, 2016

Accepted: Mar 28, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/geochr-2015-0064

Keywordstree rings, pine, trace element, contamination, LA-ICP-MS

© 2017 B. Sensuła.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
tree rings, pine, trace element, contamination, LA-ICP-MS