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The use of magnetic measurements in interpreting the fire histories of lake drainage basins

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The magnetic parameters S.I.R.M. and magnetic susceptibility have been used to try and establish the fire histories of lake drainage basins. The technique is demonstrated using sediments from three lakes: Llyn Bychan (N. Wales), a lake with a recently burnt catchment, Lake Biscarrosse (S. W. France), a lake with a well documented fire history, and Lake Laukunlampi (E. Finland), a lake with laminated sediments and a long, but unknown fire history.

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Rummery, T.A. The use of magnetic measurements in interpreting the fire histories of lake drainage basins. Hydrobiologia 103, 53–58 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00028427

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