LBA-ECO CD-08 Radiocarbon Dates for Large Trees from a Forest near Manaus, Brazil

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This data set reports the ages and growth rates of trees as determined by radiocarbon dating (14C), selected from a logging operation near the city of Itacoatiara, about 250 km east of Manaus, Brazil in 1997. Samples were collected from forty-four trees from 15 species with a basal diameter greater than 100 cm and prepared for radiocarbon dating by Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. There is one comma-separated ASCII data file with this data set.

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Complete Metadata

bureauCode	[ "026:00" ]
identifier	10.3334/ORNLDAAC/996
landingPage	https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=CD08_Radiocarbon_Dates_Manaus_996&ac=true
programCode	[ "026:000" ]
spatial	[[{"WestBoundingCoordinate":-60.064,"NorthBoundingCoordinate":-2.333,"EastBoundingCoordinate":-60.064,"SouthBoundingCoordinate":-2.333}],"CARTESIAN"]
temporal	1997-01-01/1997-01-01
theme	[ "Earth Science" ]