Table 1 Experiments 1 and 2: moisture content and mass measurements of wood and sedge, and moisture content, particle size (Wentworth scale) and Munsell colour readings of substrate sediment before the fires were lit
Item | Experiment 1 | Experiment 2 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Moisture (%) | Mass (g) | Colour (Munsell) | Particle size (mm) | Moisture (%) | Mass (g) | Colour (Munsell) | Particle size (mm) | |
Substrate sediment | 0.1 | – | 7.5YR 5/3 brown | Coarse/medium sand, 1.0–0.25 | 0.1 | – | 7.5YR 5/3 brown | Coarse/medium sand, 1.0–0.25 |
Wood | 11.2–13.7 | 4873 | – | – | 11.2–13.7 | 5069 | – | – |
Sedge | 6.2–11.4 | 1000 | – | – | 14.3 | 1007 | – | – |