Late Quaternary fire regimes of Australasia

Date

2011

Authors

Mooney, S
Harrison, S. P.
Bartlein, P.J.
Daniau, A.-L.
Stevenson, Janelle
Brownlie, K. C.
Cupper, Matthew
Colhoun, E.A.
Dodson, John Richard
Hope, Geoffrey

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Pergamon-Elsevier Ltd

Abstract

We have compiled 223 sedimentary charcoal records from Australasia in order to examine the temporal and spatial variability of fire regimes during the Late Quaternary. While some of these records cover more than a full glacial cycle, here we focus on the

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Keywords: Australia; Biomass-burning; Dansgaard-Oeschger cycles; Fire regimes; Glacial cycles; Greenland; High pressure; Human activities; Ice core; Interstadials; Last glacial; Late quaternary; Temporal and spatial variability; Time-scales; Charcoal; Fires; Glacia

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Quaternary Science Reviews

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Journal article

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