Towards reconstruction of past fire regimes from geochemical analysis of charcoal

Production of charcoal has accompanied human life from the beginning. We aimed at evaluating the degree to which the chemical signatures of charcoal may serve as a fingerprint for burning conditions. After a compilation of fire literature we differentiated three typical fire regimes [grass and fores...

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Main Authors: Wolf, M., Lehndorff, E., Wiesenberg, G., Stockhausen, M., Schwark, Lorenz, Amelung, W.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Pergamon 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/28364