# **************************************************************** # ** Please acknowledge the contributors and the International ** # ** Multiproxy Paleofire Database when using these data. ** # **************************************************************** # # Site name: Otter Pond # Place: USA:Massachusetts # Latitude: 42.65554 N # Longitude: 72.533142 W # Elevation(m): 107 # Entity name: Otter # Investigators: David R. Foster, Janice L. Fuller, Tim Parshall, Wyatt Oswald # # Sampling date: 4/1/1994 # Sampling device: plastic tube with piston; Livingstone # Diameter(cm): 10; 5 # Water depth(cm): 260 # Analysis method: Image analysis. Size fraction measured was 10-180 microns. # Sample description: Samples were taken from the deepest point of the # 3.1 ha lake located within a 33.0 ha watershed area. # Samples were not contiguous. # # Radiocarbon dates: # Depth(cm) Age(YrBP) SDup SDlo Basis # 136 670 60 60 A # 156 1190 80 80 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Oswald # Age model: linear interpolation # Chron notes: Age model is from Fuller et al. 1998, modified by W. # Oswald unpublished.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 # 102 174 pollen # 136 617.2 74.4 C14 # 156 1109.8 177 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,-44,15.5820697 8,-26.9016,13.8407771 14,-14.0778,29.68931322 24,7.2952,11.41194091 32,24.3936,17.23726165 41,43.6293,10.09218867 47,56.4531,1.281114359 54,71.4142,4.624202889 61,86.3753,1.418087492 69,103.4737,1.749112068 77,120.5721,0.937348929 84,135.5332,1.219886766 91,150.4943,0.885590958 98,165.4554,2.040105803 105,213.075,0.230573053 112,304.32,0.028330969 118,382.53,0.205565156 126,486.81,0.66463198 134,591.09,0.693903293 142,764.96,0.279355232 149,937.37,0.421226903 152,1011.26,0.368000086