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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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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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