Charred Particle Analyses

Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 716-729

  Brown, K J ^a,b,c,d   Power, M J ^e,f  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c ROYAL BRITISH COLUMBIA MUSEUM   (Canada)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Biodiversity; Biogeography; Carbon; Charcoal; Charred particles; Climate; Database; Holocene; Paleobotany; Sedimentary charcoal; Soil; Taphonomy; Time series; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904342029     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53643-3.00181-3     Document Type: Chapter

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