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root* 
coarse fibrous peat: 
plant remains, detritus, 
roots; Typha dominated 
coarse fibrous peat: 
plant remans, detritus, 
roofs: Typtr a aomincrted 
Typha stem 
faintly mottled to 
faintly mottled to 
structureless 
sponaolltic peat: 
very fine organic matter, 
with root fibres, roots, and 
abundant sponge spicules 
faintly laminated 
spongoltic 
dlafcmaceous peat 
plant temons, detritus, 
roots; Typha dominated 
falntty larrtnated 
spongoflttc 
datomoceous peat 
coa'se fibrous peat: 
plant remains, detrrtus, 
roots; Typha dominated 
falntty laminated 
spongoiltlc 
datomoceous peat 
mm 
coarse fibrous peat: 
plant remains, detritus, 
roots; Typha and Baumea 
articulata dominated 
structureless, 
peat Intraclast 
gravel 
Trjiajl : 
V"' i I;, 1 : 
coarse fibrous peat: 
plant remains, detritus, 
roots; Typha dominated 
In situ peat, with 
surface cracks 
Typha stem 
coarse fibrous peat: 
plant remains, detritus, 
roots. B arficulata 
dominated 
coarse fibrous peat: 
plant remains, detritus, 
roots (Typha dominated) 
1 coarse fibrous peat: 
plant remains, detritus, 
roots {Typha dominated) 
fantty laminated 
spongoiltlc 
diatomaceous peat 
structureless, 
quartz sand 
large laminated 
peat intradost 
peaty sand, with 
wispy lamination 
Figure 5 Annotated cores of selected sediments (width of all cores is 10 cm). A-C. Cores of peat. D-C. Cores of peat intraclast gravel 
and sand, quartz sand, and peaty sand. G-K. Cores of calcilutite, and carbonate intraclast gravel and sand. L-M. Cores of diatomite, 
and diatomite intraclast gravel. 
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