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Microscopic charcoal as a fossil indicator of fire
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Metadata
- Authors
- Patterson, W. A., Edwards, K. J., & Maguire, D. J.
- Venue
- Quaternary Science Reviews
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1987-01
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 3-23
- ISSN
- 0277-3791 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2075329931
- Cited by
- 665
- References
- 57
- FWCI
- 12.78
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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