Synchrotron Radiation Analysis of a Smelter Impacted Tree-Ring Sample

Authors

S. J. Naftel, Western UniversityFollow
R. R. Martin, Brookhaven National LaboratoryFollow
Keith W. Jones, Brookhaven National LaboratoryFollow
Huan Feng, Montclair State UniversityFollow
Martine M. Savard, Natural Resources Canada
Christian Bégin, Geological Survey of Canada

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-1-2001

Abstract

Dendroanalysis, the study of the element distribution in tree rings, suffers from the large number of analyses required to characterize the radial distribution of elements in a tree stem over a reasonable time period. Micro-Synchrotron X-ray Fluorescence provides a promising approach since it is capable of interrogating stem sections corresponding to the order of 100 years of growth in a reasonable time. The Synchrotron Micro X-ray Fluorescence results presented here, representative of tree growth between 1895 and 1997, were obtained from a black spruce (Picea mariana) impact ed by air-borne metal pollutants from a metal smelter.

MSU Digital Commons Citation

Naftel, S. J.; Martin, R. R.; Jones, Keith W.; Feng, Huan; Savard, Martine M.; and Bégin, Christian, "Synchrotron Radiation Analysis of a Smelter Impacted Tree-Ring Sample" (2001). Department of Earth and Environmental Studies Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works. 563.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/earth-environ-studies-facpubs/563