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Research article
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21 Jun 2018
Research article |
| 21 Jun 2018
| 21 Jun 2018
High-latitude Southern Hemisphere fire history during the mid- to late Holocene (6000–750 BP)
Department of Environmental Science, Informatics and Statistics, University Ca' Foscari of Venice,
Via Torino 155, 30170 Mestre Venezia, Venice, Italy
Institute for the Dynamics of Environmental
Processes – IDPA-CNR, Via Torino 155,
30170 Mestre Venezia, Venice, Italy
Natalie M. Kehrwald
US Geological Survey,
Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center, Denver, CO 80225, USA
Piero Zennaro
Department of Environmental Science, Informatics and Statistics, University Ca' Foscari of Venice,
Via Torino 155, 30170 Mestre Venezia, Venice, Italy
Giuseppe Pellegrino
Department of Environmental Science, Informatics and Statistics, University Ca' Foscari of Venice,
Via Torino 155, 30170 Mestre Venezia, Venice, Italy
Elena Barbaro
Department of Environmental Science, Informatics and Statistics, University Ca' Foscari of Venice,
Via Torino 155, 30170 Mestre Venezia, Venice, Italy
Institute for the Dynamics of Environmental
Processes – IDPA-CNR, Via Torino 155,
30170 Mestre Venezia, Venice, Italy
Roberta Zangrando
Institute for the Dynamics of Environmental
Processes – IDPA-CNR, Via Torino 155,
30170 Mestre Venezia, Venice, Italy
Xanthi X. Pedeli
Department of Environmental Science, Informatics and Statistics, University Ca' Foscari of Venice,
Via Torino 155, 30170 Mestre Venezia, Venice, Italy
Cristiano Varin
Department of Environmental Science, Informatics and Statistics, University Ca' Foscari of Venice,
Via Torino 155, 30170 Mestre Venezia, Venice, Italy
Andrea Spolaor
Institute for the Dynamics of Environmental
Processes – IDPA-CNR, Via Torino 155,
30170 Mestre Venezia, Venice, Italy
Paul T. Vallelonga
Centre for Ice and Climate, Niels Bohr Institute, University of
Copenhagen, Juliane Maries Vej 30, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
Andrea Gambaro
Department of Environmental Science, Informatics and Statistics, University Ca' Foscari of Venice,
Via Torino 155, 30170 Mestre Venezia, Venice, Italy
Institute for the Dynamics of Environmental
Processes – IDPA-CNR, Via Torino 155,
30170 Mestre Venezia, Venice, Italy
Carlo Barbante
Department of Environmental Science, Informatics and Statistics, University Ca' Foscari of Venice,
Via Torino 155, 30170 Mestre Venezia, Venice, Italy
Institute for the Dynamics of Environmental
Processes – IDPA-CNR, Via Torino 155,
30170 Mestre Venezia, Venice, Italy
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Short summary
From the analysis of an Antarctic ice core we showed that during the mid- to late Holocene (6000–750 BP) the long-term fire activity increased with higher rates starting at ~ 4000 BP and, more surprisingly, peaked between 2500 and 1500 BP. The anomalous increase in biomass burning centered at about 2000 BP is due to a complex interaction between changes in atmospheric circulation and biomass availability, with the main contribution coming from southern South America.
From the analysis of an Antarctic ice core we showed that during the mid- to late Holocene...
