Charcoal morphotypes in lake sediments from British Columbia (Canada): An assessment of their utility for the reconstruction of past fire and precipitation

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 347-363

  Enache, Mihaela D ^a   Cumming, Brian F ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Charcoal morphotype; Fire index; Forest fire; Precipitation index

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; FIRE HISTORY; FOREST FIRE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENT CORE; WATERSHED;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 34548588268     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-006-9084-8     Document Type: Article

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