Holocene biomass burning and global dynamics of the carbon cycle

Chemosphere

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 845-863

  Carcaillet, C ^a,m   Almquist, H ^b   Asnong, H ^c   Bradshaw, R H W ^d   Carrion J S ^e   Gaillard, M J ^f   Gajewski, K ^g   Haas, J N ^h   Haberle, S G ⁱ   Hadorn, P ^j   Muller S D ^c,k   Richard, P J H ^c   Richoz, I ^l   Rosch M ^m   Sanchez Goi M F ⁿ   Von Stedingk, H ^a   Stevenson, A C ^o   Talon, B ^k   Tardy, C ^p   Tinner, W ^q   Tryterud, E ^r   Wick, L ^q   Willis, K J ^s   more..

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^f LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

ⁱ MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^j Service Cantonal d'Archéologie   (Switzerland)

^k Musee Jardins Botaniques de Lausanne   (Switzerland)

^l Landesdenkmalamt Baden Wurttemberg   (Germany)

^m PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

ⁿ NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^o AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^p UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^q UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^r NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^s UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

Atmospheric carbon dynamics; Europe; Fire; North America; South America; Southeast Asia

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHARCOAL; CLIMATE CHANGE; VEGETATION;

FIRE ACTIVITY;

FIRE HAZARDS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHARCOAL;

BIOMASS BURNING; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; FIRE HISTORY; HOLOCENE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BIOMASS; BRAZIL; BURN; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DYNAMICS; CENTRAL AMERICA; CLIMATE; EUROPE; FIRE; HOLOCENE; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; SOUTH AMERICA; VEGETATION;

OCEANIA;

EID: 0036887740     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(02)00385-5     Document Type: Article

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