An improved method for quantifying sedimentary charcoal via a volume proxy

Holocene

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 298-301

  Weng, Chengyu ^a,b  

^a Florida Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Charcoal analysis; Charcoal area; Charcoal volume; Fire history; Particle size

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; HOLOCENE;

EID: 15944417538     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0959683605hl795rr     Document Type: Article

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