EXAMINATION OF BULK SOIL AND DETRITAL CHARCOAL FROM ALONG COTTONWOOD CREEK AT SAN LUIS RESERVOIR, ORTIGALITA FAULT STUDY, CALIFORNIA

Author(s): Kathryn Puseman

Year: 1999

Summary

Bulk soil samples and detrital charcoal from along Cottonwood Creek at the San Luis

Reservoir in California were floated to recover charred organic fragments suitable for radiocarbon

dating. Samples were recovered from trenches in alluvial-fan deposits along the creek in the

eastern foothills of the Diablo Range. Botanic components and detrital charcoal were identified,

and potentially radiocarbon datable material was separated.

Cite this Record

EXAMINATION OF BULK SOIL AND DETRITAL CHARCOAL FROM ALONG COTTONWOOD CREEK AT SAN LUIS RESERVOIR, ORTIGALITA FAULT STUDY, CALIFORNIA. Kathryn Puseman. 1999 ( tDAR id: 378520) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8CF9PGB

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Keywords

Material
Dating Sample • Wood

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation

General
Cottonwood Creek, San Luis Reservoir, California, bulk soil, detrital charcoal

Geographic Keywords
San Luis Reservoir, California

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