Charcoal in soils of the Allerød- Younger Dryas transition were the result of natural fires and not necessarily the effect of an extra- terrestrial impact

Geologie en Mijnbouw/Netherlands Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 359-361

  van der Hammen, T ^a   van Geel, B ^b  

^a CHIA (Cundinamarca)   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; FIRE; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEOENVIRONMENT; TREE; WATER TABLE; YOUNGER DRYAS;

EID: 58649115641     PISSN: 00167746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016774600023416     Document Type: Article

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