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OKIsItJustMe

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3. In this case, the key seemed to be clay

Reply to hedda_foil (Reply #1)

Sat Sep 28, 2024, 02:29 PM

Sep 2024

The type of soil covering the log was the key reason for its remarkable preservation. The clay soil in that part of Quebec had an especially low permeability, meaning that it prevented or drastically slowed oxygen from reaching the log while also keeping out fungi and insects, the decomposers typically found in soil.

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Don't you need to bury it in an actual bog for that trick to work? hedda_foil Sep 2024 #1

In this case, the key seemed to be clay OKIsItJustMe Sep 2024 #3

Isn't this pretty much our solution to every problem? BWdem4life Sep 2024 #2

Well if you think about it OKIsItJustMe Sep 2024 #4

The log needs to be grown, harvested, moved and placed in a prepared site. PufPuf23 Sep 2024 #5

madison has found about 3 bc dug out canoes lately out of the lake. does that count? pansypoo53219 Sep 2024 #6