# **************************************************************** # ** Please acknowledge the contributors and the International ** # ** Multiproxy Paleofire Database when using these data. ** # **************************************************************** # # Site name: Little Pond, Bolton # Place: USA:Massachusetts # Latitude: 42.42234 N # Longitude: 71.587738 W # Elevation(m): 99 # Entity name: Little Bolton # Investigators: David R. Foster, Janice L. Fuller, Tim Parshall, Wyatt Oswald # # Sampling date: 9/12/1994 # Sampling device: plastic tube with piston; Livingstone # Diameter(cm): 10; 5 # Water depth(cm): 320 # 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 32 ha watershed area. # Samples were not contiguous. # # Radiocarbon dates: # Depth(cm) Age(YrBP) SDup SDlo Basis # 76 920 60 60 A # 90 1300 60 60 A # 178 2880 30 30 A # 261 3990 40 40 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Oswald # Age model: linear interpolation # Chron notes: Age model is from Fuller et al. 1998, modified by W. # Oswald unpublished.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 -44 surface # 39 268 pollen # 76 821.8 128.6 C14 # 90 1186.2 121.8 C14 # 178 3013.2 125.6 C14 # 261 4462.4 104.8 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) 0,-44,2.973523933 8,20,5.848741407 16,84,1.12221773 24,148,0.56963931 32,212,0.754547956 40,282.98,0.451094576 48,402.724,0.587603182 56,522.468,0.185612262 64,642.212,0.603974011 72,761.956,0.248804207 80,925.92,0.335631717 88,1134.152,0.618695935 96,1310.736,0.371663234 104,1476.824,0.259519455 112,1642.912,0.713067325 120,1809,0.401129016 128,1975.088,0.603686529 136,2141.176,1.036257101 144,2307.264,0.438625391 152,2473.352,0.566021625 160,2639.44,0.608261019 168,2805.528,0.236274952 176,2971.616,0.215181412 184,3117.917,0.410961901 192,3257.597,0.74992208 200,3397.277,0.379310384 208,3536.957,0.192390522 216,3676.637,0.393553745