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.
Transmitted Off Crossed Circular Polarized Light
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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.