A 1300-year forest-fire history at a site in eastern Finland based on charcoal and pollen records in laminated lake sediment

Holocene

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 311-320

  Pitkänen, Aki ^a   Huttunen, Pertti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Charcoal particle analysis; Finland; Fire history; Forest structure; Human impact; Laminated sediments; Late Holocene; Pollen analysis; Slashand bum cultivation

Indexed keywords

FIRE HISTORY; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; VARVE;

FINLAND;

PICEA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 0344848552     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/095968399667329540     Document Type: Article

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