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. Fungal spores, shell fragments, humus, natural minerals, tire wear, burnt soil, and one carbon coated silica barbell phytolith below the right side of the right-most shell fragment are present.

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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.