Burning forest materials under late Paleozoic high atmospheric oxygen levels

Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 457-460

  Wildman Jr , Richard A ^a   Hickey, Leo J ^a   Dickinson, Matthew B ^b   Berner, Robert A ^a   Robinson, Jennifer M ^c   Dietrich, Michael ^d   Essenhigh, Robert H ^d   Wildman, Craig B ^e  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Ohio State University   (United States)

^e Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric oxygen; Fire ecology; Flame spread; Paleozoic; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

FIRE-RESISTANT; FOSSIL CHARCOAL; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; WILDFIRES;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CHARCOAL; COMBUSTION; FORESTRY; MOISTURE; OXYGEN; PLANTS (BOTANY);

GEOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; PALEOATMOSPHERE; PALEOZOIC; WILDFIRE;

EID: 2442625389     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G20255.1     Document Type: Article

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