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

Barbara Sensuła; Sławomir Wilczyński; Laurence Monin; Mohammed Allan; Anna Pazdur; Nathalie Fagel

doi:10.1515/geochr-2015-0064

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.

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

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