Latitudinal differences in the influx of microscopic charred particles to lake sediments in Finland

• Published in: The Holocene
• Main Author: Sarmaja-Korjonen, Kaarina
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publications 1998
• Subjects: Paleontology; Earth-Surface Processes; Ecology; Archeology; Global and Planetary Change; Kuusamo; Northern Finland; Lapland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1191/095968398666296639; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1191/095968398666296639

Forest fires produced charcoal throughout the Holocene and charcoal was preserved in lake sediments. This study compares differences in sedimentary charcoal between southern and northern Finland. Yearly influx of the total surface area of the charcoal particles (μm 2 cm -2 yr -1 ) was estimated at d...