Core Sample (IMAGE)

The University of Montana

Core Sample

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Kyra Wolf, a University of Montana Ph.D. candidate, holds a sample of charcoal and other organic materials from a core from a lake in western Montana. Variation in charcoal within the core is used to reconstruct past wildfires.

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