Soil Record of the Holocene Paleofires

Results MACROCHARCOAL SUMMARY No. of observations Distances between 20 ranges (cal BP, 95,4% probability) for each 14C determination in a row of consecutive pyrogenic events (macrocharcoal data) 15 I cal BP 10 5 0 12000 10000 8000 6000 4000 2000 0 800 > 200 cal yr BP between 2σ ranges 1 600 13 10 m 4 400 200 1-200 cal yr BP between 20 ranges Distance between 20 ranges (cal BP) N 0 -200 Imposed 20 ranges -400 I # I I Reliability of distinguishing individual fires (depends on mitigating uncertainty caused by the "inbuilt age" in 14C age of charcoal)

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