Found 2 datasets
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Reconstructing fire regimes from geochemical proxies in Late Quaternary soils Spatial
Changes in ecosystems and land use frequently went along with regional burning events, but how
fires accompanied human development, the onset of agriculture and changes in climate has eluded
researchers. I hypothesised that information on past burning events may be reconstructed from the
geochemical analyses of black carbon (BC), the residue of incomplete combustion. To test this
hypothesis, it was the aim of my theses i) to elucidate the quantitative and qualitative characteristics of
BC produced by...
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Towards reconstruction of past fire regimes from geochemical analysis of charcoal doi
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 forest ground (285 ± 143 °C), shrub (503 ± 211 °C) and domestic fires (797 ± 165 °C)] and three main factors impacting on charcoal formation: charring duration, temperature and fuel. For fingerprint calibration and...
Keywords:
black carbon
charcoal
fire regime
fire temperature
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