Mason, Andrea: Lacustrine sedimentary charcoal records the Rwenzori Mountains, Central Africa: Lake Mahoma and Lake Kopello [dataset bundled publication]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.987875 (dataset in review)
Abstract:
Wildfires are an escalating global hazard which threaten ecosystems, air quality, and societies. Although high tropical mountains have generally been considered too cool and moist to burn, recent high-elevation wildfires suggest the emergence of a new threat to Africa's highest mountains. A lack of historical records of fire in these environments obscures our understanding of fire impacts and Afromontane ecosystem resilience. We present two lacustrine sedimentary charcoal records the Rwenzori Mountains, Central Africa: Lake Mahoma (2,990 m. a.s.l.) at mid-elevation and Lake Kopello (4,017 m. a.s.l.) at high elevation. We present our data as a charcoal accumulation rate of the >250 µm charcoal size fraction. We also present pollen taxa percentages of total in Lake Mahoma for Poaceae, Podocarpus, and Celtis africana.
Funding:
National Science Foundation (NSF), grant/award no. 2040433: Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
National Science Foundation (NSF), grant/award no. 2048669: Collaborative Research: Fire, ecosystem, and landscape dynamics in Afroalpine environments in a warmer world
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 0.323333 * Median Longitude: 29.936667 * South-bound Latitude: 0.290000 * West-bound Longitude: 29.890000 * North-bound Latitude: 0.340000 * East-bound Longitude: 29.960000
Date/Time Start: 2024-01-07T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2024-01-17T00:00:00
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0) (License comes into effect after moratorium ends)
Size:
3 datasets
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Datasets listed in this bundled publication
- Mason, A (in review): Lacustrine sedimentary charcoal records of the Rwenzori Mountains, Central Africa: Lake Kopello. https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.987871
- Mason, A (in review): Lacustrine sedimentary charcoal records of the Rwenzori Mountains, Central Africa: Lake Mahoma. https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.987874
- Mason, A (in review): Lacustrine sedimentary pollen records of the Rwenzori Mountains, Central Africa: Lake Mahoma. https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.987876