Paired charcoal and tree-ring records of high-frequency Holocene fire from two New Mexico bog sites

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 115-130

  Allen, Craig D ^a   Anderson, R Scott ^b   Jass, Renata B ^c   Toney, Jaime L ^d   Baisan, Christopher H ^e  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Geological Sciences ^*  (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alamo Bog; CHAPS; Chihuahue os Bog; Fire scars; Jemez Mountains; Replicated charcoal records

Indexed keywords

UNGULATA;

EID: 39449100275     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF07165     Document Type: Article

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