Hostname: page-component-586b7cd67f-rcrh6 Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-26T03:19:03.039Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Anthropogenic 14C Variations in Atmospheric CO2 and Wines

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

A A Burchuladze ,
Martin Chudý ,
I V Eristavi ,
S V Pagava ,
Pavel Povinec ,
Alexander Šivo  and
G I Togonidze
A A Burchuladze
Affiliation:
Tbilisi State University, Faculty of Physics, Department of Nuclear Physics, 380028 Tbilisi, USSR
Martin Chudý
Affiliation:
Comenius University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Department of Nuclear Physics, 84215 Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
I V Eristavi
Affiliation:
Tbilisi State University, Faculty of Physics, Department of Nuclear Physics, 380028 Tbilisi, USSR
S V Pagava
Affiliation:
Tbilisi State University, Faculty of Physics, Department of Nuclear Physics, 380028 Tbilisi, USSR
Pavel Povinec
Affiliation:
Comenius University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Department of Nuclear Physics, 84215 Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Alexander Šivo
Affiliation:
Comenius University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Department of Nuclear Physics, 84215 Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
G I Togonidze
Affiliation:
Tbilisi State University, Faculty of Physics, Department of Nuclear Physics, 380028 Tbilisi, USSR
Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

Core share and HTML view are not available for this content. However, as you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button.

As an extension of the Bratislava – Tbilisi collaboration, thermonuclear bomb-produced 14C variations in atmospheric CO2 of Bratislava (1967–1987) and in annually produced Georgian wines (1950–1987) are discussed. 14C produced in bomb tests performed in the atmosphere has considerably modified the natural 14C levels in the atmosphere and biosphere. Measurements of 14C in monthly samples of atmospheric CO2 show typical seasonal variations with maxima in summers and deep minima in winters. There is very good agreement between 14C measured in CO2 and in wine samples. Four maxima (1959, 1964, 1970 and 1978) were identified in the wine data. Our results confirm that wines prepared from annually grown grapes without any addition of other substances are good indicators of the 14C content of atmospheric CO2.

Type
III. Global 14C Variations
Information
Radiocarbon , Volume 31 , Issue 3: June 20-25, 1988 Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia , 1989 , pp. 771 - 776
Copyright
Copyright © The American Journal of Science 

References

Baxter, M S, Ergin, M and Walton, A, 1969, Glasgow University radiocarbon measurements I: Radiocarbon, v 11, no. 1, p 43–52.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Burchuladze, A A, Gedevanishvili, D D, Pagava, S V and Togonidze, G I, 1977, Radiocarbon variations in the atmosphere for period 1950–1975 obtained from analysis of wine spirits, in Povinec, P and Usacev, S, eds, Internatl conf on low radioactivity measurements and applications, Proc: SPN Bratislava, p 261–263.Google Scholar
Burchuladze, A A, Pagava, S V, Povinec, P, Togonidze, G I and Usacev, S, 1980, Radiocarbon variations with the 11-year solar cycle during the last century: Nature, v 287, p 320–322.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Chudý, M, Povinec, P, Šeliga, M and Šáró, Š, 1970, Carbon-14 in atmosphere and biosphere: Radioisotopy, v 11, p 935–951.Google Scholar
Levin, I, Münnich, K and Weiss, W, 1980, The effect of anthropogenic CO2 and 14C sources on the dilution of 14C in the atmosphere, in Stuiver, M and Kra, R S, eds, Internatl 14C conf, 10th, Proc: Radiocarbon, v 22, no. 2, p 379–391.Google Scholar
Münnich, K O, 1963, Der Kreislauf des Radiokohlenstoffs in der Natur: Naturwissenschaften, v 6, p 211–218.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Nydal, R and Lövseth, , 1965, Distribution of radiocarbon from nuclear tests: Nature, v 206, p 1029–1031.Google Scholar
Oeschger, H, Siegenthaler, U, Schotterer, U and Gugelmann, A, 1975, A box diffusion model to study the carbon dioxide exchange in nature: Tellus, v 27, p 168–192.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Povinec, P, 1972, Preparation of methane gas filling for proportional 3H and 14C counter: Radiochem Radioanal Letters, v 9, p 127–135.Google Scholar
Povinec, P, 1975, The analysis of 3H and 14C labelled compounds in the form of doubly labelled methane: Internatl Jour Applied Radiation Isotopes, v 26, p 465–469.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Povinec, P, Burchuladze, A A and Pagava, S V, 1983, Short-term variations in radiocarbon concentration with the 11-year solar cycle, in Stuiver, M and Kra, R S, eds, Internatl 14C conf, 11th, Proc: Radiocarbon, v 25, no. 2, p 259–266.Google Scholar
Povinec, P, Burchuladze, A A, Usačev, S, Pagava, S V, Togonidze, G I, Eristavi, I V, Polášková, A and Šivo, A, 1980, Preparation of counter fillings for high precision radiocarbon measurements: Acta Univ Physica, v 20, p 185–195.Google Scholar
Povinec, P, Chudý, M and Šeliga, M, 1971, Carbon-14 in atmospheric CO2 as a tracer: Acta Univ Comen Physica, v 11, p 91–100.Google Scholar
Povinec, P, Chudý, M and Šivo, A, 1986, Anthropogenic radiocarbon: past, present and future, in Stuiver, M and Kra, R S, eds, Internatl 14C conf, 12th, Proc: Radiocarbon, v 28, no. 2A, p 668–672.Google Scholar
Povinec, P, Šáró, Š, Chudý, M and Šeliga, M, 1968, The rapid method of carbon-14 counting in atmospheric carbon dioxide: Internatl Jour Applied Radiation Isotopes, v 19, p 877–881.Google Scholar
Povinec, P, Šivo, A, Chudý, M, Burchuladze, A A, Pagava, S V, Togonidze, G I and Eristavi, I V, 1986, Seasonal variations of anthropogenic radiocarbon in the atmosphere, in Povinec, P, ed, Internatl conf on low level counting, 3rd, Proc: Nuclear Instruments & Methods, v B17, p 556–559.Google Scholar
Povinec, P, Usačev, S, Chudý, M and Šeliga, M, 1973, Bratislava radiocarbon measurements I: Radiocarbon, v 15, no. 3, p 443–450.Google Scholar
Segl, M, Levin, I, Schoch-Fischer, H, Münnich, M, Kromer, B, Tschiersch, J and Münnich, K O, 1983, Anthropogenic 14C variations, in Stuiver, M and Kra, R S, eds, Internatl 14C conf, 11th, Proc: Radiocarbon, v 25, no. 2, p 583–592.Google Scholar
Stuiver, M, 1978, Radiocarbon time scale tested against magnetic and other dating methods: Nature, v 273, p 271–274.Google Scholar