Comparison of two methods of counting microscopic charcoal particles in peat
A peat monolith of the topmost 92.5 cm of Slåttmossen, a bog in Helsinki/Vantaa, S Finland, was analysed for microscopic charcoal with two methods. In the first, the number of charcoal particles was counted, irrespective of their size; in the second, the total area of charcoal was calculated in seve...
Main Author: | K. Sarmaja-Korjonen |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Geological Society of Finland
1991-06-01
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Series: | Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finland |
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Online Access: | http://www.geologinenseura.fi/bulletin/Volume63/sgs_bt_063_1_pages_041_048.pdf |
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