Charcoal Morphometry for Paleoecological Analysis: The Effects of Fuel Type and Transportation on Morphological Parameters

Premise of the study: Charcoal particles preserved in sediments are used as indicators of paleowildfire. Most research focuses on abundance as an indicator of fire frequency, but charcoals also convey information about the vegetation from which they are derived. One potential source of information i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Alastair J. Crawford, Claire M. Belcher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2014-08-01
Series:Applications in Plant Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.3732/apps.1400004