Analysis of KP peat core from the Kampar Peninsula, Riau, Sumatra Indonesia

A multi-proxy palaeoecological investigation including pollen and spore, loss-on-ignition, total organic carbon, stable carbon isotope and micro- and macrocharcoal was carried out on two peat cores collected from coastal area in eastern Sumatra. The study was conducted to understand the development and dynamics of the coastal peatlands, the Kampar Peninsula in Sumatra. Pollen and spore was extracted follwing Fagri and Iversen (1989) and identified using available literature (e.g. Anderson and Muller, 1975; Cheng et al., 2020; Hofmann et al., 2019; Jones and Pearce, 2015; Pollen and Spore Image Database of the University of Goettingen). Microcharcoal analysis was conducted following point count method (Clark, 1982) and counted counted on the same slides for pollen and spore analysis. Macrocharcoal analysis was conducted following protocols in Rhodes (1998) and Stevenson and Haberle (2005). Loss-on-ignition analysis was carried out following (Chambers et al., 2011). Organic carbon content and isotopes were determined in Euro EA3000 elemental analyzer and Thermo Finnigan Delta Plus mass spectrometer, respectively, at the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT), Bremen.