Open AccessA 192,000-Year Record of Northwest African Fire History
Author(s) -
Terri Cook
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2019eo118155
Subject(s) - fire history , history , archaeology , geography , geology , oceanography , climate change
Biomarker analyses from an offshore sediment core suggest that increased fire occurrence around 55,000 years ago coincided with increased fuel loads and human settlement in this region.