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Sugarcane Field Burning Particles Through the Microscope

Sugarcane Field Burning Air Sample

This is from a particle fallout sample collected over a month during sugarcane field burning. A section of ash and char is just above the scale bar. The fallout plate was exposed to water so most of the ash compounds desolved and washed away leaving the char behind. The char particles are still close to their original positions.

Reflected Darkfield

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References:

Rapp, George Jr. and Susan C. Mulholland (eds) 1992, PHYTOLITH SYSTEMACTICS: EMERGING ISSUES, PLENUM PRESS Piperno, Dolores R. (2006), PHYTOLITHS: A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE FOR ARCHAEOLOGISTS AND PALEOECOLOGISTS, ALTAMIRA PRESS.