Fire frequency and forest structure at a dry site between AD 440 and 1110 based on charcoal and pollen records from a laminated lake sediment in eastern Finland

Holocene

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 221-228

  Pitkänen, Aki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Annual laminations; Boreal forests; Charcoal particle analysis; Finland; Fire history; Lacustrine sediments; Late Holocene; Palaeoecology; Pollen analysis

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CHARCOAL; FIRE HISTORY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HOLOCENE; PALYNOLOGY;

FINLAND;

EID: 0342614981     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/095968300675342139     Document Type: Article

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