Fire across the K-T boundary: Initial results from the sugarite coal, New Mexico, USA

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 164, Issue 1-4, 2000, Pages 381-395

  Scott, A C ^a   Lomax, B H ^b   Collinson, M E ^a   Upchurch, G R ^c   Beerling, D J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c Texas State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Charcoal; Fire; Fusain; Inertinite; K T boundary; Soot

Indexed keywords

FIRE HISTORY;

EID: 0034518558     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(00)00182-6     Document Type: Article

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