title: The Impact of Climate, Sulfur Dioxide, and Industrial Dust on δ18O and δ13C in Glucose from Pine Tree Rings Growing in an Industrialized Area in the Southern Part of Poland.
abstract: The mass spectrometric analysis of the impact of sulfur dioxide and dust emission on carbon and oxygen stable isotopic compositions of glucose hydrolysed from α-cellulose samples extracted from Scots pine growing in the vicinity of "Huta Katowice" steelworks was the main aim of this study. The annual rings covered the time span from 1975 to 2012 AD. The relationships between climatic conditions, sulfur dioxide, and industrial dust emission and oxygen and carbon isotopic compositions were analyzed using correlation function methods. This study shows the first analysis of carbon and oxygen stable isotopes in glucose as the bio-indicators of CO2, sulfur dioxide, and industrial dust emission. The anticoincidence trend of δ18O and δ13C and dust and sulfur dioxide confirms that the decreases of dust and sulfur dioxide industrial emission increase δ18O and δ13C values in glucose.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physics-Center for Science and Education, Silesian University of Technology, Konarskiego 22B, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland.
authors.forename: Barbara M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Sensuła
keywords: Bio-indicators; Climate; Dust; Pine; Stable carbon isotopes; Stable oxygen isotopes; Sulfur dioxide