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# Site name:       Big Fish Lake
# Place:           USA:Michigan
# Latitude:        42.88396N
# Longitude:       83.39243W
# Elevation(m):    320
# Site size(ha):   43
# Investigators:   Joanne Ballard, Thomas V. Lowell
#
# Sampling date:   2008/02/21
# Sampling device: Livingstone corer
# Diameter(cm):    5
# Water depth(cm): 945
# Sample Storage:  University of Cincinnati
#
# Analysis method: Loss on Ignition (LOI) (Myrbo 2005, Dean 1974) was performed according to standard
#                  procedure at 2 cm intervals. Samples are put in weighed and numbered crucibles and 
#                  placed in an oven at 100 degrees C overnight to dry them out. Sample and crucible are 
#                  then weighed and returned to the oven to be heated at 550 decrees C for an hour. Samples 
#                  are cooled and weighed in the crucibles. This process is repeated one more time at 
#                  1000 degrees C. Using the differences in sample weights, the mass lost during the
#                  550 degrees C treatment is organic mass, and the mass lost during the 1000 degrees C 
#                  heating is carbonate mass. The mass that is not burned off is clay, silica or other 
#                  non organic, non carbonate minerals.
#
# Location description: Big Fish Lake is found in the Ortonville Recreation Area (state park) in a deciduous 
#                       park. It is situated outside the Saginawa Lobe moraine (E of), and is of lacustrine 
#                       natural open water glacial origin.
#                       Very fresh water lake during lateglacial time; ostracodes present (Cytherissa
#                       lacustris) alternating with charophytes. Much of Big Fish lake sediments are gray
#                       clay with many fine black laminations that disappear upon exposure to air.  Limonite
#                       and Najas seeds, are also features of this lake. 
#                       Bathymetric of Big Fish Lake:
#                       http://www.dnr.state.mi.us/SPATIALDATALIBRARY/PDF_MAPS/INLAND_LAKE_MAPS/LAPEER/BIG_FISH_LAKE.PDF
#                       map of park:
#                       http://www.michigandnr.com/Publications/PDFS/RecreationCamping/ortonville_map.pdf
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# Publications: Joanne Ballard thesis, Sept. 2009:  A Lateglacial Paleofire Record for
#               East-central Michigan. University of Cincinnati.
#
# Notes: Betty Sodder's book Michigan on Fire provides information on devastating historical
#        fires in this region. 
#        1871 - Great Chicago Fire which swept IL/WI/MI.
#        1881 - Michigan Thumb Fire.
#
	1	Depth (cm)
	2	% LOI organic
	3	% LOI carbonate
937,46.795,1.282
939,42.105,1.316
941,50.427,1.709
943,49.645,1.418
945,56.349,1.587
947,55.172,1.149
949,41.243,1.695
951,44.379,0.592
953,53.488,0.775
955,43.452,1.190
957,54.225,0.704
959,48.227,1.418
961,51.408,1.408
963,51.639,1.639
965,24.348,3.043
967,20.063,3.762
969,17.404,3.540
971,19.281,3.268
973,22.134,1.976
975,16.402,2.646
977,32.110,1.835
979,34.171,2.010
981,29.956,2.203
983,20.478,2.048
985,28.188,1.342
987,13.175,2.592
989,15.745,2.128
991,29.555,1.619
993,34.314,2.451
995,36.970,1.818
997,18.487,1.961
999,24.224,1.863
1001,15.242,2.309
1003,5.457,4.745
1005,9.030,4.181
1007,11.111,4.288
1009,8.703,4.796
1011,7.873,4.523
1013,0.796,5.075
1015,0.674,8.165
1017,0.312,1.246
1019,0.737,1.106
1021,2.375,2.551
1023,10.127,4.304
1025,13.064,3.563
1027,11.810,4.000
1029,6.223,7.496
1031,6.613,7.018
1033,7.516,6.699
1035,7.656,6.380
1037,7.463,6.823
1039,6.667,7.967
1041,7.237,7.237
1043,7.945,6.563
1045,5.775,9.155
1047,5.793,9.793
1049,5.570,9.845
1051,4.216,9.297
1053,5.614,9.649
1055,5.649,10.382
1057,5.479,10.822
1059,5.908,9.897
1061,6.193,11.480
1063,4.712,13.220
1065,3.652,15.169
1067,3.146,15.730
1069,2.793,15.978
1071,2.982,15.408
1073,3.020,13.053
1075,3.293,13.293
1077,3.187,12.088
1079,3.555,10.894
1081,3.333,11.333
1083,3.769,10.718
1085,3.645,11.300
1087,3.213,12.450
1089,3.461,12.979
1091,2.998,13.812
1093,3.221,13.423
1095,2.953,13.992
1097,3.161,13.793
1099,3.094,14.627
1101,3.453,14.503
1103,3.318,14.188
1105,3.356,14.236
1107,3.406,13.017
1109,3.396,12.412
1111,3.501,12.045
1113,3.222,12.242
1115,3.430,11.873
1117,,
1119,,
1121,,
1123,,
1125,,
1127,,
1129,4.563,9.379
1131,5.068,9.642
1133,5.594,10.490
1135,5.740,10.459
1137,5.599,9.921
1139,5.556,14.176
1141,3.670,15.430
1143,3.063,15.446
1145,3.035,15.879
1147,3.259,15.776
1149,3.030,14.617
1151,3.173,13.465
1153,3.254,12.057
1155,3.464,11.121
1157,3.693,11.080
1159,3.745,10.931
1161,3.502,11.284
1163,3.340,12.146
1165,3.425,13.242
1167,2.357,13.934
1169,3.347,13.808
1171,3.200,13.600
1173,3.113,14.202
1175,3.128,14.749
1177,3.341,13.825
1179,3.685,
1181,3.128,12.406
1183,3.201,11.780
1185,3.213,11.948
1187,2.991,12.164
1189,3.310,12.036