The record of Triassic charcoal and other evidence for palaeo-wildfires: Signal for atmospheric oxygen levels, taphonomic biases or lack of fuel?

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 96-97, Issue , 2012, Pages 60-71

  Abu Hamad, Abdallah M B ^a   Jasper, André ^b   Uhl, Dieter ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^b CENTRO UNIVERSITÁRIO UNIVATES   (Brazil)

^c SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atmospheric oxygen; Fuel; Permian; Permian Triassic Mass extinction; Taphonomy; Triassic; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC OXYGEN; MASS EXTINCTION; PERMIAN; TAPHONOMY; TRIASSIC; WILDFIRE;

CHARCOAL; FUELS; OXYGEN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

FIRES;

CHARCOAL; MASS EXTINCTION; OXYGEN; PALEOATMOSPHERE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; TAPHONOMY; WILDFIRE;

EID: 84859799121     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2012.03.006     Document Type: Review

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