Levoglucosan as a specific marker of fire events in Greenland snow
We demonstrate the use of levoglucosan (1,6-anhydro-β-d-glucopyranose) as a source-specific proxy of past fire activity in snow pits and ice cores. Levoglucosan is unambiguously a degradation product derived from cellulose burning at temperatures greater than 300 °C and is wide...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Stockholm University Press
2012-05-01
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| Series: | Tellus: Series B, Chemical and Physical Meteorology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.tellusb.net/index.php/tellusb/article/view/18196/pdf_1 |