# **************************************************************** # ** Please acknowledge the contributors and the International ** # ** Multiproxy Paleofire Database when using these data. ** # **************************************************************** # # Site name: Green Pond # Place: USA:Massachusetts # Latitude: 42.566814 N # Longitude: 72.511063 W # Elevation(m): 80 # Entity name: Green # Investigators: David R. Foster, Janice L. Fuller, Tim Parshall, Wyatt Oswald # # Sampling date: 6/27/1995 # Sampling device: plastic tube with piston; Livingstone # Diameter(cm): 10; 5 # Water depth(cm): 570 # Analysis method: Image analysis. Size fraction measured was 10-180 microns. # Sample description: Samples were taken from the deepest point of the # 5 ha lake located within a 35 ha watershed area. # Samples were not contiguous. # # Radiocarbon dates: # Depth(cm) Age(YrBP) SDup SDlo Basis # 65 740 60 60 A # 94 1610 60 60 A # 130 2430 70 70 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Oswald # Age model: linear interpolation # Chron notes: Age model is from Fuller et al. 1998, modified by W. # Oswald unpublished.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 # 20 250 pollen # 65 660.4 98.8 C14 # 94 1519.8 169 C14 # 130 2538.6 203 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) 2,-15.5,41.04722972 6,43.5,23.80942801 10,102.5,9.33138399 14,161.5,8.347798543 18,220.5,7.030088892 22,268.24,7.983756254 26,304.72,12.00430303 30,341.2,11.38105167 34,377.68,11.90929409 38,414.16,6.968154578