# **************************************************************** # ** Please acknowledge the contributors and the International ** # ** Multiproxy Paleofire Database when using these data. ** # **************************************************************** # # Site name: Aino Pond # Place: USA:Massachusetts # Latitude: 42.680759 N # Longitude: 71.925514 W # Elevation(m): 354 # Entity name: Aino # Investigators: David R. Foster, Janice L. Fuller, Tim Parshall, Wyatt Oswald # # Sampling date: 3/31/1993 # Sampling device: plastic tube with piston; Livingstone # Diameter(cm): 10; 5 # Water depth(cm): 250 # Analysis method: Image analysis. Size fraction measured was 10-180 microns. # Sample description: Samples were taken from the deepest point of the # 1.8 ha lake located within a 81.3 ha watershed area. # Samples were not contiguous. # # Radiocarbon dates: # Depth(cm) Age(YrBP) SDup SDlo Basis # 78 740 80 80 A # 90 940 60 60 A # 109 1200 100 100 A # 118.5 1455 55 55 A # # Chron name: Oswald # Age model: linear interpolation # Chron notes: Age model is from Fuller et al. 1998, modified by W. # Oswald unpublished. # # Age basis: # Depth(cm) Cal age(YrBP) Error 2sigma Basis # 0 -45 surface # 34 75.3 Pb210 # 40 214 pollen # 78 670.8 119.6 C14 # 90 844.6 116.2 C14 # 109 1113.8 185.4 C14 # 118.5 1382 99.6 C14 # # Publications: Fuller, J. L., D. R. Foster, J. S. McLachlan, and N. Drake. # 1998. Impact of human activity on regional forest composition # and dynamics in central New England. Ecosystems 1: 76-95. # # Parshall, T. and Foster. D. 2002. Fire on the New England # landscape: regional and temporal variation, cultural and # environmental controls. Journal of Biogeography 29: 1305-1317. # # Comments: Charcoal data are from Parshall and Foster 2002; Core storage # location and availability: Harvard Forest. # 1 Depth (cm) 2 Age (YrBP) 3 Influx (mm2 cm-2 yr-1) 4,-30.8472,2.7 12,-2.5416,5.7 20,25.764,6.6 28,54.0696,2.8 36,121.542,0.4 44,262.084,0.6 56,406.336,0.9 64,502.504,0.4 72,598.672,0.4 80,699.74,0.2 88,815.604,0.1 103,1028.744,0.1 111,1170.352,0.1