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News Release 10-232
Iron Furnaces Leave Legacy: Soil High in Manganese
Central Pennsylvania lands, once dotted with iron furnaces, retain traces of earlier burning
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Iron furnaces in Pennsylvania, like this one in Ligonier Valley, may have left a legacy in soils.
Credit: Ligonier Valley Historical Society
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Fall leaves at the Susquehanna Shale Hills Observatory, one of six such NSF observatories.
Credit: Elizabeth Herndon, Penn State University
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Shale Hills Observatory scientists Elizabeth Herndon and Danielle Andrews collect samples.
Credit: Mark Selders, Mark Selders Photography
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Precipitation collector, eddy flux tower measure land-air interaction at Shale Hills.
Credit: Mark Selders, Mark Selders Photography
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Instruments installed in "nests" throughout Shale Hills collect fluids from the soil.
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Students make observations on Shale Hills soils for an environmental geochemistry course.
Credit: Elizabeth Herndon, Penn State University
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