Postglacial fire history and interactions with vegetation and climate in southwestern Yunnan Province of China

A high-resolution, continuous 18.5 kyr (1 kyr  =  1000 cal yr BP) macroscopic charcoal record from Qinghai Lake in southwestern Yunnan Province, China, reveals postglacial fire frequency and variability history. The results show that three periods with high-frequency and high-severity fires occur...

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Main Authors: X. Xiao, S. G. Haberle, J. Shen, B. Xue, M. Burrows, S. Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2017-06-01
Series:Climate of the Past
Online Access:http://www.clim-past.net/13/613/2017/cp-13-613-2017.pdf