The rise of fire: Fossil charcoal in late Devonian marine shales as an indicator of expanding terrestrial ecosystems, fire, and atmospheric change

Authors

Susan M. Rimmer, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Sarah J. Hawkins, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO
Andrew C. Scott, Royal Holloway University of London
Walter L. Cressler III, West Chester University of PennsylvaniaFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-2015

Publication Title

American Journal of Science

ISSN

0002-9599

Publisher

American Journal of Science

Volume

315

Issue

8

First Page

713

Last Page

733

DOI

10.2475/08.2015.01

Comments

Version uploaded to Digital Commons @ West Chester University is the post-refereed final draft, which does not include all the revisions and figures in final version. The publisher's version is available to subscribers at http://www.ajsonline.org/content/315/8/713.full

Recommended Citation

Rimmer, S. M., Hawkins, S. J., Scott, A. C., & Cressler, W. L. (2015). The rise of fire: Fossil charcoal in late Devonian marine shales as an indicator of expanding terrestrial ecosystems, fire, and atmospheric change. American Journal of Science, 315(8), 713-733. http://dx.doi.org/10.2475/08.2015.01