What was burning in the past? Charcoal identifications supplement an early-Holocene fire-history reconstruction in Yellowstone National Park, USA
- Marguerie, Dominique
- Krause, T.R.
- Whitlock, C.
DOIAbstract
International audienceAnalysis of charcoal particles preserved in lake sediments has been frequently used to reconstruct fire, vegetation and climate history. Larger macroscopic particles (>125 μm) are attributed to local fires, whereas microscopic charcoal particles (<125 μm), observed on pollen slides, are a signal of regional fire. Taxonomic identification of the charcoal particles adds to the fire-history reconstruction by providing information about fuel composition and past fire conditions. Identification of charcoal can unravel one of the longstanding questions regarding past fire regimes, namely what was burning. This paper describes an analysis of charcoal particles preserved in the sediments of a small closed-basin lake in Yellows...
Add to ORKG