WILDFIRES IN THE LATE PALAEOZOIC AND MESOZOIC OF THE SOUTHERN ALPS THE LATE PERMIAN OF THE BLETTERBACH-BUTTERLOCH AREA (NORTHERN ITALY)

For the first time fossil macroscopic remains of charcoal as direct evidence of palaeo-wildfires from the Late Permian Gröden Formation of the Bletterbach-Butterloch area in Northern Italy is described. The charcoal consists of pycnoxylic wood and originates from gymnosperms, but a more specific aff...

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Main Authors: DIETER UHL, RAINER BUTZMANN, THILO C. FISCHER, BARBARA MELLER, EVELYN KUSTATSCHER
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Università degli Studi di Milano 2012-07-01
Series:Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia
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Online Access:https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/6002