Re-evaluating the origins of late Pleistocene fire areas on Santa Rosa Island, California, USA

Quaternary Research (United States)

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 353-362

  Rick, Torben C ^a   Wah, John S ^b   Erlandson, Jon M ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b Matapeake Soil and Environmental Consultants   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic burning; Charcoal; Fire history; Macrobotanical remains; Smectite; Soils; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; CALIFORNIA , USA; FIRE AREAS; FIRE FREQUENCIES; FIRE HISTORY; FIRE REGIMES; GROUNDWATER PROCESS; HUMAN COLONIZATION; IMPACT EVENTS; LATE PLEISTOCENE; MACROBOTANICAL REMAINS; NATURAL FIRE; PLEISTOCENE; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEDIMENTARY DEPOSITS; SMECTITES; YOUNGER DRYAS;

CALCINATION; CHARCOAL; CLAY MINERALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; SOILS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

FIRES;

BURNING; CHARCOAL; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FIRE HISTORY; GROUNDWATER; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PLEISTOCENE; SMECTITE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; YOUNGER DRYAS;

CALIFORNIA; CHANNEL ISLANDS [CALIFORNIA]; SANTA ROSA ISLAND [CHANNEL ISLANDS]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865359217     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2012.06.006     Document Type: Article

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