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

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 https://ajsonline.org/article/65666-the-rise-of-fire-fossil-charcoal-in-late-devonian-marine-shales-as-an-indicator-of-expanding-terrestrial-ecosystems-fire-and-atmospheric-change

Publication Title

American Journal of Science

DOI

10.2475/08.2015.01

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