Charcoal as evidence of palaeo-wildfires in the Late Triassic of SW Germany

Geological Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 34-41

  Uhl, Dieter ^a,b   Montenari, Michael ^c  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmospheric oxygen; Charcoal; Late Triassic; Palaeo wildfire; Permineralization; SW Germany

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BURIAL DIAGENESIS; CHARCOAL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOSSIL RECORD; GYMNOSPERM; OXYGEN; PALEOATMOSPHERE; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RHAETIAN; SANDSTONE; TAPHONOMY; TRIASSIC; VEGETATION COVER; WILDFIRE;

BADEN-WURTTEMBERG; GERMANY; TUBINGEN;

GYMNOSPERMAE;

EID: 78650284400     PISSN: 00721050     EISSN: 10991034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gj.1229     Document Type: Article

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