Charcoal in the Early Devonian: A wildfire-derived Konservat-Lagerstätte

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 142, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 131-136

  Glasspool, I J ^a   Edwards, D ^b   Axe, L ^b  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

charcoal; Devonian; Lagerst tte; Lochkovian; wildfire

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CHARCOAL; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DEVONIAN; FOSSIL RECORD; PYROLYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WILDFIRE;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 33750630379     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2006.03.021     Document Type: Article

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