The impact of wildfire on an early carboniferous coastal environment, North Mayo, Ireland

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 139, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 121-138

  Falcon Lang, Howard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carboniferous; Charcoal; Estuary; Fish kill; Ireland; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; COASTAL ENVIRONMENT; FIRE HISTORY; MASS MORTALITY; WILDFIRE;

IRELAND, COUNTY MAYO, CREEVAGH HEAD;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; BIKINIA LE-TESTUI; CARBONIFEROUS; CHLOROPHYTA;

EID: 0032080189     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(97)00142-9     Document Type: Article

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