Identifying past fire regimes throughout the Holocene in Ireland using new and established methods of charcoal analysis
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- 作者：Donna Hawthorne ; hawthord@tcd.ie" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Fraser J.G. Mitchell
- 关键词：Charcoal ; Ireland ; Fire ; Methods ; Holocene
- 刊名：Quaternary Science Reviews
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：1 April 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：137
- 期：Complete
- 页码：45-53
- 全文大小：1565 K
文摘
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Past fire regimes are reconstructed from 7 study sites spread throughout Ireland.
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Lake sediment and macroscopic charcoal analysis are utilised to identify specific fire events.
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New and existing methods are explored to provide valid reconstructions of local fire history.
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A variety of methods are recommended for reconstructing fire history from sedimentary charcoal.
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This study provides the first reconstruction of local fire history at multiple sites within Ireland.