Latest Permian chars may derive from wildfires, not coal combustion

Geology

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 879-882

  Hudspith, Victoria A ^a   Rimmer, Susan M ^b   Belcher, Claire M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERMIAN;

CHARCOAL; COMBUSTION; FLY ASH; MARINE SEDIMENT; MASS EXTINCTION; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PERMIAN; WILDFIRE;

EID: 84907294910     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G35920.1     Document Type: Article

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