A biomass burning record from the West Equatorial Pacific over the last 360 ky: Methodological, climatic and anthropic implications

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 213, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 83-99

  Thevenon, Florian ^a   Bard, Edouard ^a   Williamson, David ^a   Beaufort, Luc ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

black carbon; charcoal; El Ni o Southern Oscillation; fire; human impact; monsoon

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS BURNING; CHARCOAL; FIRE HISTORY; HOLOCENE; MARINE SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 4644356511     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(04)00364-5     Document Type: Article

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