Orbital-scale climate forcing of grassland burning in southern Africa

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 5069-5073

  Daniau, Anne Laure ^a,b,c   Goñi, Maria Fernanda Sánchez ^b   Martinez, Philippe ^a   Urrego, Dunia H ^a,b,c   Bout Roumazeilles, Viviane ^d   Desprat, Stéphanie ^b   Marlon, Jennifer R ^e  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^d UNIV LILLE   (France)

^e Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; RAIN;

ARTICLE; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD CLIMATE; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FIRE; FLAMMABILITY; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRASSLAND; NAMIBIA; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; VEGETATION;

ECOSYSTEM; FIRES; FOSSILS; NAMIBIA; SOIL;

EID: 84875501589     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1214292110     Document Type: Article

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