Charcoal

Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 353-360

  Bird, M I ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Biochar; Black carbon; Dating; Geoarchaeology; Geochronology; Geomorphology; Holocene; Human evolution; Hydrogen pyrolysis; Isotopes; Pleistocene; Quaternary science; Radiocarbon

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008478750     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53643-3.00047-9     Document Type: Chapter

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