Evidence of Paleowildfire in the early middle triassic (early Anisian) voltzia sandstone: The oldest post-Permian macroscopic evidence of wildfire discovered so far

Palaios

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 837-842

  Uhl, Dieter ^a,b   Jasper, André ^c   Schindler, Thomas ^d   Wuttke, Michael ^e  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c Museu de Ciencias Naturais   (Brazil)

^d Stratigraphie und Geotopschutz   (Germany)

^e Generaldirektion Kulturelles Erbe RLP   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISIAN; CHARCOAL; FOSSIL RECORD; LADINIAN; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; PERMIAN; SANDSTONE; WILDFIRE;

GERMANY;

ANISIA;

EID: 78649733207     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2010.p10-012r     Document Type: Article

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