The rise of fire: Fossil charcoal in late Devonian marine shales as an indicator of expanding terrestrial ecosystems, fire, and atmospheric change

American Journal of Science

Volumn 315, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 713-733

  Rimmer, Susan M ^a   Hawkins, Sarah J ^b   Scott, Andrew C ^c   Cressler, Walter L ^d  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black shale; Charcoal; Devonian; Oxygen levels; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BLACK SHALE; CHARCOAL; DEVONIAN; FOSSIL; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; WILDFIRE;

EMBRYOPHYTA; FILICOPHYTA; LYCOPODIOPSIDA;

EID: 84942877182     PISSN: 00029599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2475/08.2015.01     Document Type: Article

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