# **************************************************************** # ** Please acknowledge the contributors and the International ** # ** Multiproxy Paleofire Database when using these data. ** # **************************************************************** # # Site name: Siesta Lake # Place: USA:California # Latitude: 37.51.00N # Longitude: 119.40.00W # Elevation(m): 2430 m # Site size(ha): 13 ha # Investigator: Andrea Brunelle, R. Scott Anderson # Contact person: Brunelle, A. # # Sampling date: 04 October 1995 # Sampling device: Modified Livingstone # Water depth(cm): 135 # Analysis method: Oregon Sieve. See: Millspaugh, S.H., and Whitlock, C. # 1995. A 750-yr fire history based on lake sediment records # in central Yellowstone National Park. The Holocene 5, # 283-292. # Long, C.J., Whitlock, C., Bartlein, P.J., and Millspaughi, # S.H. 1998. A 9000-Year Fire History from the Oregon Coast # Range, Based on a High-Resolution Charcoal Study. Canadian # Journal of Forest Research 28(5): 774-787. # Mohr J.A., Whitlock C., and Skinner C.N. 2000. Postglacial # vegetation and fire history, eastern Klamath Mountains, # California, USA. The Holocene 10, 587-601. # # Location description: Lacustrine natural open water glacial origin cirque # lake (LCIR) in Yosemite National Park, Sierra # Nevada Mountains, California, USA. Located in a # granitic basin and upper montane forest type (Pinus # contorta ssp. murrayana dominated, Abies magnifica # and Pinus monticola also present). Sample was # contiguous but not laminated. # # Sample storage location: Northern Arizona University # Laboratory of Paleoecology # # Radiocarbon dates: # Depth Thk Age(14C) SDup SDlo Lab no. Basis Material # 57-63 6 4970 100 100 Beta-98037 G sediment # 117-123 6 9050 150 150 Beta-98038 G sediment # 243-257 14 11280 60 60 Beta-88451 AMS sediment # Dating notes: All samples were enriched; Beta-98037 and # Beta-98038 had extended counting. # # Chron name: SL-1 # Age model: y = -0.2305x2 + 110.49x # Chron notes: Default chronology; Prepared by,A. Brunelle; uses cal yr BP # # Publication: Brunelle, A., and Anderson, R.S. 2003. Sedimentary charcoal # as an indicator of Late-Holocene drought in the Sierra Nevada, # California, and its relevance to the future. The Holocene 13, # 21-28. # 1 Depth (cm) 2 Age (cal Yr BP) 3 charcoal fragments > 250 micrometers (particles/cm^3) 4 charcoal fragments 125-250 micrometers (particles/cm^3) 1,110,1.8,0.4 2,220,1,1 3,329,0.8,1.8 4,438,0.8,1.6 5,547,1.6,2.4 6,655,2,1.4 7,762,1.6,3 8,869,2.6,2.6 9,976,6,3 10,1082,6.4,1.4 11,1187,2.8,1.6 12,1293,4,2 13,1397,9.2,2.2 14,1502,5.2,0.8 15,1605,5,1 16,1709,2.6,0.2 17,1812,3.2,0.6 18,1914,3.4,0.8 19,2016,14.2,92.8 20,2118,10.8,128.2 21,2219,3.2,36.4 22,2319,1.2,22 23,2419,3,43.2 24,2519,5.6,53.4 25,2618,3.2,38.6 26,2717,2.6,23.6 27,2815,0.6,7 28,2913,0.6,6.6 29,3010,1.2,5.4 30,3107,0.6,6.4 31,3204,1.6,7.6 32,3300,1,9.8 33,3395,1.2,5.4 34,3490,3.2,7.2 35,3585,2.2,4.4 36,3679,2.2,10.2 37,3773,5.4,62.4 38,3866,7.6,64.6 39,3959,2.6,33.2 40,4051,2,22.6 41,4143,4,20.4 42,4234,1.8,29 43,4325,0.8,10 44,4415,2.4,14.2 45,4505,1,4.2 46,4595,0.6,2 47,4684,0.8,3 48,4772,0.6,4.2 49,4861,2.2,17.8 50,4948,3,23.4 51,5035,1,26 52,5122,1.2,3.2 53,5208,1.8,3.8 54,5294,0.6,5.2 55,5380,1.2,8.4 56,5465,1.4,12.6 57,5549,3,7.4 58,5633,3,11.8 59,5717,2,6.6 60,5800,1.8,6.6 61,5882,1,6.4 62,5964,2,9.2 63,6046,1.2,5 64,6127,0.6,2.2 65,6208,0.4,4 66,6288,1.2,4.8 67,6368,0.8,1.6 68,6447,0,1.8 69,6526,0.6,1.8 70,6605,0.6,1.6 71,6683,0,0.8 72,6760,1,3 73,6837,0.2,3.2 74,6914,0.2,1.4 75,6990,0.6,1.4 76,7066,0.4,2 77,7141,0.4,0.8 78,7216,0.8,1.6 79,7290,0.4,0 80,7364,0,0.8 81,7437,0.2,0.8 82,7510,0,1.4 83,7583,0.4,1.4 84,7655,0.2,1.2 85,7726,0.4,3 86,7797,1.2,3.2 87,7868,1.2,3.6 88,7938,1.2,5.8 89,8008,0.6,2.2 90,8077,1,4 91,8146,1.2,4.6 92,8214,0.6,5.4 93,8282,1.8,4.6 94,8349,1,1.2 95,8416,0,3 97,8549,0,1.8 98,8614,0.8,3 99,8679,0.2,6.2 100,8744,0.6,1.8 101,8808,1,2.2 102,8872,0.4,1.2 103,8935,0.2,3.6 104,8998,1.2,9.2 105,9060,1.8,5.4 106,9122,0,3 107,9183,0.2,1.8 108,9244,1,4.8 109,9305,0,0.2 110,9365,0,0.4 111,9424,0.2,0.2 112,9483,0,1 113,9542,0.2,0.6 114,9600,0.4,1.6 115,9658,0.2,0.6 116,9715,0,0.4 117,9772,0.8,2.4 118,9828,0.6,3.6 119,9884,1.6,5.8 120,9940,0.4,2.6 121,9995,0.2,4.2 122,10049,0.6,3.8 123,10103,0.2,2.4 124,10157,0.2,0.8 125,10210,0,1 126,10262,0,1.2 127,10314,0,0.8 128,10366,0,1 129,10417,0,1.8 130,10468,0.2,2.6 131,10519,0,1.2 132,10568,0,0.4 133,10618,0,0.2 134,10667,0,0.2 135,10715,0,0.8 136,10763,0,0.6 137,10811,0,2.2 138,10858,0.4,3 139,10905,0.2,4.8 140,10951,0.4,2.2 141,10997,0.2,1.6 142,11042,0.2,0.6 143,11087,0,0 144,11131,0,0.4 145,11175,0,1.6 146,11218,0.2,0.8 147,11261,0,0.8 148,11304,0,0.6 149,11346,0,0.8 150,11387,0,0.6 151,11428,0,1 152,11469,0,1 153,11509,0.4,1 154,11549,0,0.4 155,11588,0.2,1.4 156,11627,0.4,2 157,11665,0.4,3 158,11703,0,0.8 159,11741,0,1.6 160,11778,0.2,2.2 161,11814,0.2,1.6 162,11850,0.6,2.4 163,11886,0,2.8 164,11921,0,0.6 165,11955,0.2,1.2 166,11990,0,1.8 167,12023,0,2.4 168,12057,0.2,2.4 169,12089,0.2,1.2 170,12122,0.2,0.2 171,12154,0,1.8 172,12185,0,3.2 173,12216,0,2.2 174,12247,0.2,2.8 175,12277,0.4,2.4 176,12306,0.2,4 177,12335,0.4,3.8 178,12364,0,1.4 179,12392,0.2,3.8 180,12420,0.2,2.2 181,12447,0.2,3.8 182,12474,0,0.8 183,12500,1,5 184,12526,1.4,3.8 185,12552,1.8,6 186,12577,1.4,6.4 187,12601,1.4,9.4 188,12625,1,8 189,12649,1.2,11.4 190,12672,1.2,6 191,12695,1.6,4.8 192,12717,0.8,4.8 193,12739,1.2,5 194,12760,0,9.4 196,12801,0.4,3.8 197,12821,0.2,1.8 198,12840,0.8,2 199,12859,2,6.8 200,12878,1.4,4.8 201,12896,0.8,2.4 202,12914,1.2,7 203,12931,0.8,4.4 204,12947,1.4,2.6 205,12964,0.8,4.4 206,12979,0.6,2.2 207,12995,1.8,7.2 208,13010,0.6,5.6 209,13024,0,3.2 210,13038,1.2,8.2 211,13051,1.6,8.6 212,13064,0.8,7.4 213,13077,1,2.6 214,13089,2.4,6.4 215,13100,0.4,6.2 216,13112,2.8,6.2 217,13122,1.4,9.4 218,13133,3.2,6.4 219,13142,1.2,4.2 220,13152,0.2,0.4 221,13160,0.2,2 222,13169,0,0.6 223,13177,0,0 224,13184,0,1 225,13191,0.4,0.2 226,13198,0,0.6 227,13204,0,1.2 228,13209,0.2,0 229,13215,0,0.6 230,13219,0,0.6 231,13223,0.6,0.8 232,13227,0,0 233,13231,0,0.2 234,13233,0.2,0.6 235,13236,0,0.6 236,13238,0.8,1.6 237,13239,0,0.2 238,13240,0.2,0.6 239,13241,0.2,0.6 240,13241,0.4,0.4