Detecting local-scale fire episodes on pollen slides

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 137, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 31-40

  Asselin, Hugo ^a,b   Payette, Serge ^a  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Charcoal size distribution; Forest fires; Forest tundra; Local fires; Pollen slides

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE CHANGE; FIRE HISTORY; POLLEN;

PICEA;

EID: 27644524004     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2005.08.002     Document Type: Article

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