Fire history in western Patagonia from paired tree-ring fire-scar and charcoal records

Climate of the Past

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 451-466

  Holz, A ^a,e   Haberle, S ^b   Veblen, T T ^a   De Pol Holz, R ^c,d   Southon, J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; CLIMATE VARIATION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FIRE HISTORY; HOLOCENE; LATITUDE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREE RING; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

PATAGONIA;

EID: 84858822381     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-8-451-2012     Document Type: Article

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