Fire ecology of the Carboniferous tropical zone

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 164, Issue 1-4, 2000, Pages 339-355

  Falcon Lang, H J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carboniferous; Charcoal; Fire; Fusain; Rainforest; Savanna

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; CHARCOAL; FACIES ANALYSIS; PALEOECOLOGY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

LAURASIA;

EID: 0034523401     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(00)00193-0     Document Type: Article

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