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

Susan M. Rimmer, Sarah J. Hawkins, Andrew C. Scott and Walter L. Cressler
American Journal of Science October 2015, 315 (8) 713-733; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2475/08.2015.01

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vol. 315 no. 8 713-733
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.2475/08.2015.01
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American Journal of Science
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0002-9599
Online ISSN 
1945-452X
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  • Published online October 19, 2015.
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© 2015 American Journal of Science

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  1. Susan M. Rimmer*,†,
  2. Sarah J. Hawkins**,
  3. Andrew C. Scott*** and
  4. Walter L. Cressler III§
  1. * Department of Geology, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, Illinois 62901, USA
  2. ** U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado 80225, USA
  3. *** Department of Earth Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX, United Kingdom
  4. § West Chester University, West Chester, Pennsylvania 19383, USA
  1. ↵† Corresponding author: srimmer{at}siu.edu
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The rise of fire: Fossil charcoal in late Devonian marine shales as an indicator of expanding terrestrial ecosystems, fire, and atmospheric change
Susan M. Rimmer, Sarah J. Hawkins, Andrew C. Scott, Walter L. Cressler
American Journal of Science Oct 2015, 315 (8) 713-733; DOI: 10.2475/08.2015.01
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