Biomass burning recorded in the GISP2 ice core: A record from eastern Canada?

Holocene

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-6

  Taylor, K C ^a   Mayewski, P A ^b   Twickler, M S ^b   Whitlow, S I ^b  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Biomass burning; Canada; ECM; Electrical conductivity; Fire history; Forest fires; GISP2; Greenland; Ice core

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS BURNING; CONDUCTIVITY; ECM; FIRE HISTORY; GISP2; ICE CORE;

CANADA; CANADA, (EAST);

EID: 0029667992     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/095968369600600101     Document Type: Article

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