# **************************************************************** # ** Please acknowledge the contributors and the International ** # ** Multiproxy Paleofire Database when using these data. ** # **************************************************************** # # Site name: Rainbow Lake A # Place: CAN:Alberta # Latitude: 59.48.00N # Longitude: 112.10.00W # Elevation(m): 225 # Investigators: C. Larsen # # Sampling date: 24 April 1986 # Sampling device: modified Livingstone piston corer # Diameter(cm): 5 # Water depth(cm): 1000 # Analysis method: pollen slide # # Location description: 2.7 ha natural open water solution hollow lake # located in a Picea glauca dominated forest, with # ca. 30 meter steep slope around the solutional # sinkhole and flat topography above. # # Radiocarbon dates: # Depth(cm) Thk Age(14C) SDup SDlow Lab no. Basis Material # 90 460 71 71 TO-768 A wood # Date notes: Ages are yr BP. Samples were Enriched. # # Chron name: Larsen, MacDonald 1998. # Chron notes: The chronology was created using annual laminae, and # validated using one C14 date, paleomagnetic records, # and tree-ring records. # # Publications: Larsen, C.P.S. 1989. A fine-resolution palaeoecological # record of boreal forest fire and vegetation dynamics. # MSc thesis. Department of Geography, McMaster University, # Hamilton, Ontario. # # MacDonald, G.M., Larsen, C.P.S., Szeicz, J.M., and Moser, # K.A. 1991. The reconstruction of boreal forest fire history # from lake sediments: a comparison of charcoal, pollen, # sedimentological and geochemical indices. Quaternary Science # Reviews 10: 53-71. # # Sugita, S., MacDonald, G.M. and Larsen, C.P.S. 1997. # Reconstruction of fire disturbance and forest succession # from fossil pollen in lake sediments: potential and # limitations. In: Clark, J.S., Cachier, H., Goldammer, J.G. # and Stocks, B. (Eds.). Sediment Records of Biomass # Burning and Global Change. NATO ASI Series Vol. I 51, # Springer-Verlag, Berlin, pp. 387-412. # # Larsen, C.P.S. and MacDonald, G.M. 1998. An 840-year record # of fire and vegetation in a boreal white spruce forest. # Ecology 79: 106-118. # # Larsen, C.P.S., Morris, W.A. and MacDonald, G.M. 2000. # Records of geomagnetic secular variation since 1200 AD # and the potential for chronological control of lake sediments # in northern Alberta. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences # 37: 1711-1722. # # Moser K.A., Smol J.P., MacDonald G.M., and Larsen C.P.S. # 2002. 19th century eutrophication of a remote boreal lake: # a consequence of climate warming? Journal of Paleolimnology # 28: 269-281. # 1 Depth at bottom (cm) 2 Year AD at midpoint 3 Total terrestrial pollen influx (grains/cm^2/year) 4 Pollen slide charcoal accumulation rate (micrometers^2/cm^2/yr) 5 Pollen slide charcoal accumulation rate (# of pieces/cm^2/yr) 6 Pollen slide number of charcoal fragments 77-384 micrometers^2 7 Pollen slide number of charcoal fragments 384-692 micrometers^2 8 Pollen slide number of charcoal fragments 692-1461 micrometers^2 9 Pollen slide number of charcoal fragments 1461-2230 micrometers^2 1.2,1983,15151,3987001,16624,89,8,3, 2.3,1978,12917,18999017,52988,288,27,12,3 3.2,1973,19198,4184349,17552,126,13,1,1 4.5,1968,14053,3275677,15748,133,4,1, 5.7,1963,20430,3331916,16494,100,2,, 6.8,1958,10408,2765543,11387,97,2,2,1 8.1,1953,16103,5886562,24758,174,6,5, 9.3,1948,9988,2102343,10956,94,5,, 10.5,1943,22031,3314673,15700,105,4,1, 11.7,1938,5706,1588732,9125,98,2,, 13.2,1933,9629,2822578,12165,101,7,2, 14.3,1928,7966,1358751,7776,86,4,1, 15.3,1923,13636,1561007,8982,85,2,, 16.2,1918,5314,1127805,6847,94,5,1, 17.5,1913,5766,1480925,8756,104,1,, 18.4,1908,4373,830956,5926,99,2,, 19.5,1903,5678,1520938,8224,95,5,,1 20.8,1898,5189,2768558,13614,100,,2, 22.0,1893,5208,4276997,17999,91,6,3, 23.1,1888,5439,8488958,34851,88,4,2, 24.1,1883,5689,2554267,12373,96,3,2, 25.1,1878,4620,2567165,11823,105,3,2, 26.2,1873,6005,5726624,24388,135,3,2,1 27.1,1868,5903,3879860,14338,100,9,5,1 28.1,1863,6867,1147939,6807,96,2,1,1 29.0,1858,8876,1343013,7295,95,1,3,1 29.9,1853,6395,1787940,8529,129,7,6,1 30.9,1848,6478,1622396,8899,99,1,2, 31.9,1843,3678,1128683,6793,110,5,,1 32.8,1838,4839,1681467,7405,84,4,2,3 33.8,1833,5340,6226276,20034,112,8,2, 34.9,1828,6484,5060215,19625,105,5,3, 35.8,1823,6083,1404043,7600,40,3,1, 36.6,1818,7342,9382532,36485,243,17,8, 37.4,1813,8608,1342223,8009,64,2,, 38.2,1808,5359,1554344,9035,73,1,, 39.1,1803,5994,3080648,11396,127,8,6,2 39.9,1798,8745,2849864,11683,84,6,3, 40.6,1793,9519,3907352,14291,111,4,1,1 41.2,1788,7953,1862047,7974,71,7,4,2 41.9,1783,9816,1969992,9767,65,3,2, 42.4,1778,6784,445670,4348,32,,, 42.8,1773,6493,588513,4868,32,1,, 43.5,1768,6549,74278,2737,5,,, 44.0,1763,6621,1196707,7016,56,3,1, 44.7,1758,7895,1849222,9360,67,,1,1 45.2,1753,9087,1299872,7729,21,1,, 46.0,1748,14222,1337011,8212,42,,, 46.8,1743,7680,1403643,7175,64,1,1, 47.6,1738,9047,705645,5038,35,2,1, 48.4,1733,17082,3446517,16135,68,2,1, 49.1,1728,10369,2010361,10607,76,1,1, 49.7,1723,8584,1629577,8725,60,3,1, 50.7,1718,13548,1629332,9272,43,1,, 51.4,1713,6662,654578,5253,47,,, 52.3,1708,10294,1557450,8571,75,3,1, 52.9,1703,10583,2924711,14009,91,4,1, 53.4,1698,12130,2887572,11956,72,5,,1 54.0,1693,14129,2728594,9612,64,4,1,2 54.4,1688,6283,900344,3879,8,,,1 55.1,1683,8000,3036675,14256,118,5,2, 55.6,1678,7389,4150851,11935,123,5,4, 56.1,1673,6070,3140341,10995,83,3,1,3 56.6,1668,8788,1103044,4982,36,2,, 57.1,1663,8256,3543398,10657,76,3,,1 57.9,1658,10727,2584428,5784,42,1,,1 58.6,1653,9521,1718925,9417,59,3,, 59.2,1648,21550,2934800,14004,49,1,1, 59.5,1643,17518,1626318,8762,32,,1, 59.8,1638,10775,3388813,11852,74,3,,1 60.1,1633,16481,4576525,16486,73,3,,1 60.5,1628,10787,3168437,8756,39,2,, 60.8,1623,10011,4182414,9268,59,3,1,1 61.4,1618,17538,2355407,11823,71,2,1, 61.8,1613,11225,1632383,8077,43,,, 62.4,1608,12348,4927133,20772,106,6,1,1 63.1,1603,25302,3418393,14751,40,1,2, 63.6,1598,18489,3243980,14276,49,2,,1 63.9,1593,15806,1405984,8281,33,1,, 64.3,1588,17302,5165724,14273,76,3,, 64.6,1583,12511,2371194,12449,53,1,, 64.8,1578,11700,1596985,8212,58,1,, 65.2,1573,10345,2951090,13400,85,3,3, 65.4,1568,10423,3529605,12245,74,3,2,2 65.6,1563,8426,1416917,8386,45,1,, 66.0,1558,11101,3740638,16689,109,5,, 66.5,1553,7717,7745683,18059,78,1,1,2 66.9,1548,9691,1254029,7060,41,,2, 67.3,1543,9806,1487175,7853,49,2,,1 68.0,1538,12819,1537610,8877,41,1,, 68.3,1533,13828,1411289,7890,31,3,, 68.6,1528,11648,1547466,8779,47,2,, 69.0,1523,12921,2942901,8772,39,2,1,1 69.3,1518,11518,1967373,10249,56,4,, 69.6,1513,11236,898529,6311,30,,, 69.8,1508,15281,1719407,6709,21,,1,2 70.1,1503,13192,15646603,37454,210,9,4,6 70.3,1498,13608,2168450,9895,44,1,3, 70.5,1493,9617,627351,5135,25,,, 70.8,1488,22837,2072499,10611,37,,1, 71.1,1483,11367,3091640,8197,38,3,1, 71.4,1478,13360,1107034,6131,23,,,1 71.6,1473,9061,3784140,7287,47,,, 71.8,1468,10782,1104402,5975,25,2,,1 72.2,1463,11859,1248120,6639,27,4,1, 72.5,1458,15967,4125002,11266,44,3,, 72.8,1453,14239,1933799,9911,41,4,, 72.9,1448,16038,2812352,13092,58,1,2, 73.1,1443,8112,2558056,11165,67,1,1,2 73.3,1438,7081,2694412,9993,55,5,1,2 73.5,1433,12603,1750848,8764,41,4,1, 73.7,1428,10579,16102620,41038,273,36,10,4 73.8,1423,13023,2707134,9691,44,2,1,2 74.0,1418,10605,2252253,7916,40,1,3,1 74.2,1413,12706,1607855,6981,29,1,, 74.3,1408,8856,1904984,5331,25,1,1, 74.5,1403,13136,705437,4979,18,,1, 74.7,1398,9009,688622,4529,18,1,2, 74.9,1393,10690,1183357,5612,24,2,, 75.1,1388,11983,965199,6100,26,,1, 75.3,1383,11283,904914,5481,24,,,1 75.4,1378,8372,724667,4576,18,2,2, 75.5,1373,9050,1152310,6082,29,4,,1 75.6,1368,15552,5439799,15345,85,3,1,1 75.8,1363,11834,2013445,7572,33,2,1,1 76.0,1358,12059,2677715,10155,50,3,3,2 76.3,1353,10837,3377118,14848,97,6,1,1 76.5,1348,14398,928480,4161,8,1,2,1 76.7,1343,11469,1390433,6580,31,1,2,1 77.0,1338,23188,2680148,10384,27,3,1,1 77.6,1333,14588,2925713,12668,52,5,2, 78.1,1328,11204,861048,5654,23,,1, 78.6,1323,11965,1700474,8250,38,3,2, 79.1,1318,8553,1599559,8753,51,1,1, 80.0,1313,15916,5184189,20471,89,7,1, 80.8,1308,16146,2953589,14017,58,2,1, 81.4,1303,13756,4853708,16908,80,3,3, 81.7,1298,14927,2233734,11167,46,4,, 82.0,1293,15021,2753423,12077,52,5,,1 82.2,1288,11735,2107900,10380,56,4,1, 82.4,1283,14353,4371592,15163,65,6,3,1 82.6,1278,12741,2528150,10564,51,3,1, 82.8,1273,10148,1865439,9254,57,3,2, 82.9,1268,11248,1746546,8030,36,6,,1 83.1,1263,11707,2323914,8207,36,2,2, 83.3,1258,10075,1498438,7916,44,1,,1 83.5,1253,12540,1946452,9400,44,2,2, 83.7,1248,9187,1048150,6817,40,1,, 83.8,1243,10414,1290282,6838,33,5,1, 84.0,1238,7747,1405267,7451,49,3,2, 84.2,1233,13680,2959529,11473,49,8,2,1 84.4,1228,9771,1734906,9333,57,4,, 84.5,1223,6567,2326227,9391,73,4,1,1 84.7,1218,9707,4033215,13345,86,6,6, 84.9,1213,10529,4216056,14739,84,11,2,1 85.2,1208,10878,2376908,9782,54,2,4,1 85.5,1203,14176,2810533,10576,41,5,3,1 85.9,1198,12443,4897476,15156,88,4,3, 86.3,1193,14661,7212538,19393,76,14,4,2 86.6,1188,12686,3521429,11989,53,6,4,1 86.9,1183,13264,3869347,13269,92,5,2,1 87.1,1178,11210,6873828,22966,136,14,2,1 87.2,1173,8743,11835022,33869,236,34,12,7 87.5,1168,11665,9918348,25291,141,7,6,2 87.7,1163,11789,15357269,17824,91,8,4,2 87.8,1158,6759,8842664,34774,399,9,10,3 88.0,1153,6497,2700217,9183,46,9,2, 88.2,1148,18999,4568449,16309,57,5,1,1 88.4,1143,9935,1798930,7322,35,3,, 88.6,1138,9847,2625654,12077,78,6,2, 88.7,1133,14446,3649441,15331,70,5,1,1 89.1,1128,12810,661625,5284,20,,,