Fire history and the global charcoal database: A new tool for hypothesis testing and data exploration

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 291, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 52-59

  Power, M J ^a   Marlon, J R ^b   Bartlein, P J ^b   Harrison, S P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Charcoal; Database; Dynamic global vegetation models; Fire history

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; CLIMATE VARIATION; DATA PROCESSING; DATABASE; FIRE HISTORY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; QUATERNARY; RADIOCARBON DATING; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; VEGETATION HISTORY;

EID: 78449265789     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.09.014     Document Type: Article

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