DAMOCLES: a DAshing MOnolith Cutter for fine sectioning of peats and sediments into LargE Slices |
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| Authors: | HANS JOOSTEN PIM DE KLERK |
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| Institution: | Hans Joosten1 (e-mail: ) and Pim de Klerk2 (e-mail: ), Laboratory of Palaeobotany and Palynology, Utrecht University, Budapestlaan 4, NL-3584 CD Utrecht, The Netherlands |
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| Abstract: | Simple cutting devices such as used in the printing industry allow precise and fine sectioning of frozen peats and sediments, thus enabling research with high temporal resolution. Large slices are useful in the collection of multiple synchronous subsamples for multidisciplinary research. This article describes the apparatus (called DAMOCLES) and its operation, and presents some examples from practice. These include combined microfossil, macrofossil and chemical analyses of the same sample with a sample resolution of 0.5 cm (temporal resolution c. 1 year): rapid changes occur that would have remained unnoticed with a coarser sampling distance. The final example presents a sample resolution of only 0.5 mm. These examples illustrate the possible uses of the DAMOCLES apparatus in palaeoecological research. |
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