The impact of fire on the Late Paleozoic Earth System

Analyses of bulk petrographic data indicate that during the Late Paleozoic wildfires were more prevalent than at present. We propose that the development of fire systems through this interval was controlled predominantly by the elevated atmospheric oxygen concentration (p(O2)) that mass balance mode...

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Main Authors: Ian J. Glasspool, Andrew C Scott, David eWaltham, Natalia Vladimirovna Pronina, Longyi eShao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2015.00756/full