Global biomass burning: A synthesis and review of Holocene paleofire records and their controls

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 65, Issue , 2013, Pages 5-25

  Marlon, Jennifer R ^a   Bartlein, Patrick J ^b   Daniau, Anne Laure ^c,d   Harrison, Sandy P ^e   Maezumi, Shira Y ^f   Power, Mitchell J ^f   Tinner, Willy ^g   Vanniére, Boris ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^e MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^h CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Biomass burning; Charcoal; Early Anthropocene hypothesis; Fire; Holocene; Paleoclimate; Paleofire

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOCENE; BIOMASS-BURNING; HOLOCENES; PALEOCLIMATES; PALEOFIRE;

CHARCOAL; CLIMATE CHANGE; FIRES;

BIOMASS;

BIOMASS BURNING; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE VARIATION; FIRE HISTORY; HOLOCENE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LITERATURE REVIEW; PALEOCLIMATE; RECONSTRUCTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA; EUROPE;

EID: 84873127859     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.11.029     Document Type: Review

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