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An automated charcoal scanner for paleoecological studies

Sally P. Horn Department of Geography and Graduate Program in Ecology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, 37996–1420
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Roger D. Horn Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, 37996–2100
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Roger Byrne Department of Geography and Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley, California, 94720
Pages 7-12 | Published online: 24 Aug 2010

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