Fire history of a giant african baobab evinced by radiocarbon dating

Radiocarbon

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 717-726

  Patrut, Adrian ^a   Mayne, Diana H ^b   von Reden, Karl F ^c   Lowy, Daniel A ^d   van Pelt, Robert ^e   McNichol, Ann P ^f   Roberts, Mark L ^f   Margineanu, Dragos ^a  

^a BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^b Baobab Trust   (South Africa)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d FlexEl LLC   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; DICOTYLEDON; FIRE HISTORY; RADIOCARBON DATING; SAMPLING; WOOD;

SOUTH AFRICA;

ADANSONIA DIGITATA;

EID: 78049279792     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033822200045732     Document Type: Article

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