Comparing fire-history interpretations based on area, number and estimated volume of macroscopic charcoal in lake sediments

Quaternary Research

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 462-468

  Ali, Adam A ^a   Higuera, Philip E ^b,c   Bergeron, Yves ^a   Carcaillet, Christopher ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^d INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^e PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Charcoal analysis; Charcoal particles; Fire frequency; Fire history; Holocene; Locally defined threshold

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CHARCOAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FIRE HISTORY; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; RECONSTRUCTION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 70349985736     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2009.07.002     Document Type: Article

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