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Vegetation Hist Archaeobotany 11 (4)
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Vegetation Hist Archaeobotany 11 (4)
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Vegetation History and Archaeobotany
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11 (4)
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Journal
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Felix Bittmann
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Springer
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2002
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http://www.springerlink.com/content/0939-6314
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30 Jul 2007
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Abstract
Methodological and practical aspects of the presentation and interpretation of microscopic charcoal data from lake sediments
Mihkel Kangur
289 - 294
The paper considers various methods for the analysis of microscopic charcoal and the presentation of charcoal data in the context of a study of the upper sediments of two lakes in Estonia. The results are evaluated by comparing both the pollen and charcoal data with documentary evidence of forest fires over the past sixty years. Indications of fires both varying in extent and at different distances from the lakes are evaluated in both the pollen and charcoal diagrams. The results suggest that the total area curve for charcoal particles per unit mass of sediment dry matter (cm2 gm1) provides the best indicator of forest fires. Fires in the study area are reflected differently in the charcoal and pollen curves. It is suggested that the charcoal data have the potential to indicate disturbance at a greater distance from the coring site than indicated by the pollen data.