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Fletcher, Michael-Shawn; Romano, Anthony (2026): Tree and Eucalyptus pollen accumulation rates from Purghagoolah (Lake Elusive), southeastern Australia, last ~1000 years [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.995727, In: Fletcher, M-S; Romano, A (2026): Multiproxy palaeoecological record from Purghagoolah (Lake Elusive), Gippsland, southeastern Australia: pollen, macroscopic charcoal, FTIR charcoal temperature, magnetic susceptibility and radiocarbon [dataset bundled publication]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.995756

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Published: 2026-07-17 • DOI registered: 2026-07-17

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Abstract:
This table reports pollen accumulation rates (PAR, grains per square centimetre per year) for total tree pollen and for Eucalyptus from a 1 m sediment core at Purghagoolah (Lake Elusive), a lake of approximately 40 ha and 21 m depth in Croajingolong National Park, Gippsland, southeastern Australia, on Gunaikurnai Country (37°44'50"S, 149°27'9"E; decimal -37.747222, 149.452500, WGS84; 50 m a.s.l.), cored on 9 February 2021 with a Universal Corer (Aquatic Instruments). Accumulation rates were calculated from raw pollen counts using an added Lycopodium clavatum marker and the sediment accumulation rate from the lead-210 and radiocarbon age-depth model. Values are reported by depth and modelled age (approximately 844 to 2021 CE) and provide an estimate of pollen influx, used here as an indicator of changing pollen and inferred plant productivity through time.
Keyword(s):
Eucalyptus; gippsland; Lake Elusive; Lake sediment; pollen accumulation rate; pollen influx; Purghagoolah; Soil erosion; southeastern Australia; vegetation history
Related to:
Fletcher, Michael-Shawn; et al. (submitted): Australia's current wildfire crisis linked to colonial land-use change. Nature
Coverage:
Latitude: -37.747222 * Longitude: 149.452500
Date/Time Start: 2021-02-09T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2021-02-09T00:00:00
Minimum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 0.000 m * Maximum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 0.960 m
Event(s):
Purghagoolah * Latitude: -37.747222 * Longitude: 149.452500 * Date/Time: 2021-02-09T00:00:00 * Elevation: 50.0 m * Location: Lake Elusive, Victoria, Australia * Method/Device: Universal Corer, Aquatic Instruments (UC)
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
1 DEPTH, sediment/rockDepth sedmFletcher, Michael-ShawnGeocode
2 AGEAgeka BPFletcher, Michael-ShawnGeocode
3 AgeAgea AD/CEFletcher, Michael-Shawn
4 Accumulation rate, pollenAcc rate pollen#/cm2/aFletcher, Michael-Shawnsee abstractTree
5 Accumulation rate, pollenAcc rate pollen#/cm2/aFletcher, Michael-Shawnsee abstractEucalyptus
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)
Status:
Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)
Size:
240 data points

Data

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Depth sed [m]		2 
Age [ka BP]		3 
Age [a AD/CE]		4 
Acc rate pollen [#/cm2/a]
(Tree)		5 
Acc rate pollen [#/cm2/a]
(Eucalyptus)
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