EXAMINATION OF BULK SOIL AND CHARCOAL FROM SITES ALONG THE CONSUMNES RIVER AND THE SOUTH FORK AMERICAN RIVER, CALIFORNIA

Bulk soil samples were recovered from paleoflood study sites along the Consumnes River and the South Fork of the American River in the Sierran foothills of California. Botanic components and detrital charcoal will be identified, and potentially radiocarbon datable material will be separated.本研究从加利福尼亚州内华达山脉山麓地带的康瑟姆尼斯河（Consumnes River）与美洲河南支流（South Fork of the American River）沿岸的古洪水（paleoflood）研究点位采集了批量土壤样品。后续将对样品中的植物组分与碎屑炭进行鉴定，并分离出可用于放射性碳定年的潜在材料。