<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>We present the first analysis of the influence of climate change on carbon and oxygen isotope fractionation factors for two saccharides (glucose and α-cellulose) of pine wood. The conifers grew in the Niepołomice Forest in Poland and the annual rings covered a time span from 1935 to 2000 AD. Glucose samples from acid hydrolysis of α-cellulose were extracted from annual tree rings. The carbon and oxygen isotope fractionation factors between glucose and α-cellulose were not stable over time. The mean value for the carbon isotope fractionation factors between glucose and α-cellulose was greater than unity. The mean value for the oxygen isotope fractionation factors between glucose and α-cellulose was lower than unity. We established, with respect to climate change, the significance of the interannual and intraannual variation in the carbon and oxygen isotope fractionation factors between both saccharides. We used moving interval correlation results for May of the previous year through September of the current year using a base length of 48 years. The relationship with summer temperature is the main climate signal in the carbon isotope fractionation factor between glucose and α-cellulose. The relationship with autumn sunshine is the main climate signal in the oxygen isotope fractionation factor between glucose and α-cellulose for the tree ring chronology.</p></abstract>

We present the first analysis of the influence of climate change on carbon and oxygen isotope fractionation factors for two saccharides (glucose and α-cellulose) of pine wood. The conifers grew in the Niepołomice Forest in Poland and the annual rings covered a time span from 1935 to 2000 AD. Glucose samples from acid hydrolysis of α-cellulose were extracted from annual tree rings. The carbon and oxygen isotope fractionation factors between glucose and α-cellulose were not stable over time. The mean value for the carbon isotope fractionation factors between glucose and α-cellulose was greater than unity. The mean value for the oxygen isotope fractionation factors between glucose and α-cellulose was lower than unity. We established, with respect to climate change, the significance of the interannual and intraannual variation in the carbon and oxygen isotope fractionation factors between both saccharides. We used moving interval correlation results for May of the previous year through September of the current year using a base length of 48 years. The relationship with summer temperature is the main climate signal in the carbon isotope fractionation factor between glucose and α-cellulose. The relationship with autumn sunshine is the main climate signal in the oxygen isotope fractionation factor between glucose and α-cellulose for the tree ring chronology.

Influence of climate change on carbon and oxygen isotope fractionation factors between glucose and α-cellulose of pine wood

Institute of Physics, Department of Radioisotopes, Silesian University of Technology, Krzywoustego 2, 44-100, Gliwice, Poland

Geochronometria

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We present the first analysis of the influence of climate change on carbon and oxygen isotope fractionation factors for two saccharides (glucose and...

Influence of climate change on carbon and oxygen isotope fractionation factors between glucose and α-cellulose of pine wood

Published Online: Mar 16, 2013

Page range: 145 - 152

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s13386-013-0104-y

Keywords
tree-rings, α-cellulose, glucose, climate, isotope fractionation factor

© 2012 Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland

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

Influence of climate change on carbon and oxygen isotope fractionation factors between glucose and α-cellulose of pine wood

Published Online: Mar 16, 2013

Page range: 145 - 152

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s13386-013-0104-y

Keywordstree-rings, α-cellulose, glucose, climate, isotope fractionation factor

© 2012 Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland

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

Keywords
tree-rings, α-cellulose, glucose, climate, isotope fractionation factor