Geographical and temporal trends in Late Quaternary fire histories of Fuego-Patagonia, South America

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 23, Issue 9-10, 2004, Pages 1079-1097

  Huber, Ulli M ^a,b   Markgraf, Vera ^a   Schäbitz, Frank ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FIRES; FORESTRY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

FIRE-PRONE ENVIRONMENTS; POSTGLACIAL FIRES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE EFFECT; FIRE HISTORY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; POSTGLACIAL; QUATERNARY; TEMPORAL RECORD;

ARGENTINA; PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA; TIERRA DEL FUEGO [(PRV) ARGENTINA];

EID: 2342541207     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2003.11.002     Document Type: Article

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