Evidence for palaeo-wildfire in the Late Permian palaeotropics - charcoalified wood from the Um Irna Formation of Jordan

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 144, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 221-230

  Uhl, D ^a   Abu Hamad, A ^b,c   Kerp, H ^b   Bandel, K ^d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

charcoal; fire; Jordan; Late Permian; northern Gondwana

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; FUELWOOD; GONDWANA; GYMNOSPERM; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PERMIAN; TAXONOMY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; TYPE LOCALITY; TYPE SPECIMEN; WILDFIRE;

ASIA; DEAD SEA; EURASIA; JORDAN; MIDDLE EAST;

CORYSTOSPERMALES; DADOXYLON; DICROIDIUM; GYMNOSPERMAE;

EID: 33947227441     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2006.08.003     Document Type: Article

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