Cretaceous fire in Australia: A review with new geochemical evidence, and relevance to the rise of the angiosperms

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 564-578

  Carpenter, Raymond J ^a,b   Holman, Alexander I ^c   Abell, Andrew D ^b   Grice, Kliti ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

charcoal; fossil; inertinite; Proteaceae

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CHARCOAL; CRETACEOUS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FIRE; FLORA; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; LITERATURE REVIEW; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA;

EUCALYPTUS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PROTEACEAE;

EID: 85006992284     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: 14449862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT16109     Document Type: Conference Paper

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