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Sediment Records of Biomass Burning and Global Change

Part of the book series: Nato ASI Subseries I: (ASII, volume 51)

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Table of contents (22 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XII
  2. An Introduction to Sediment Records of Biomass Burning

  3. The Issues Addressed by Sediment Combustion Records

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
    2. Proposed Bio-geological and Chemical Based Terminology for Fire-altered Plant Matter

      • T. P. Jones, W. G. Chaloner, T. A. J. Kuhlbusch
      Pages 9-22
    3. Reconstruction Of Paleo-Fire Through Climate And Eco-System Models

      • Michael A. Fosberg, Samuel Levis
      Pages 49-69
    4. The Culture of Fire: An Introduction to Anthropogenic Fire History

      • Stephen J. Pyne, Johann G. Goldammer
      Pages 71-114
  4. Characterizing Combustion Products in Sediments

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 115-115
    2. Characterization of Particulate Products of Biomass Combustion

      • T. Novakov, H. Cachier, J. S. Clark, A. Gaudichet, S. Macko, P. Masclet
      Pages 117-143
    3. Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Sedimentary Records of Biomass Burning

      • Richard G. Zepp, Stephen A. Macko
      Pages 145-166
  5. Particulate Emissions and Transport to Sediments

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 167-167
    2. Biomass Burning Emissions and the Atmosphere

      • W. R. Cofer III, K. P. Koutzenogii, A. Kokorin, A. Ezcurra
      Pages 189-206
    3. Atmospheric Transports of Particulate and Gaseous Products by Fires

      • M. Garstang, P. D. Tyson, H. Cachier, L. Radke
      Pages 207-250
  6. Stratigraphic Records

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 251-251
    2. Pre-Quaternary Records of Wildfire

      • Jennifer M. Robinson, William G. Chaloner, Timothy P. Jones
      Pages 253-270
    3. Late Quaternary Climate, Fire, and Vegetation Dynamics

      • Marjorie Green Winkler
      Pages 329-346

About this book

Biomass burning profoundly affects atmospheric chemistry, the carbon cycle, and climate and may have done so for millions of years.
Bringing together renowned experts from paleoecology, fire ecology, atmospheric chemistry, and organic chemistry, the volume elucidates the role of fire during global changes of the past and future. Topics covered include: the characterization of combustion products that occur in sediments, including char, soot/fly ash, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; the calibration of these constituents against atmospheric measurements from wildland and prescribed fire emissions; spatial and temporal patterns in combustion emissions at scales of individual burns to the globe.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Botany, Duke University, Durham, USA

    James S. Clark

  • Centre des Faibles Radioactivités, CNRS/CEA, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France

    Hélène Cachier

  • Arbeitsgruppe Feuerökologie, Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie, Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

    Johann G. Goldammer

  • Great Lakes Forestry Center, Canadian Forest Service, Sault Ste Marie, Canada

    Brian Stocks

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