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Pre-industrial particulate emissions and carbon sequestration from biomass burning in North America

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Clark, JS; Royall, PD
Published in: Biogeochemistry
January 1, 1994

Spatial trends in pre-industrial biomass burning emissions for eastern North America were reconstructed from sediment charcoal data. Petrographic thin sections were prepared from varved lake sediments along a transect of sites extending from NW Minnesota eastward to NE Maine. Results showed an exponential decline in charcoal abundance with distance east from the prairie/forest border. This result quantifies burning along the broad climate/vegetation gradient from xeric woodland to mesic eastern deciduous forest. Post-settlement charcoal accumulation showed no such geographic pattern, varying from site-to-site, likely reflecting local variability in land use and combustion sources. Results suggest the total emissions of large (> 10 μm diameter) charcoal particles decreased by a factor of three during the twentieth century. © 1994 Kluwer Academic Publishers.

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Published In

Biogeochemistry

DOI

EISSN

1573-515X

ISSN

0168-2563

Publication Date

January 1, 1994

Volume

24

Issue

1

Start / End Page

35 / 51

Related Subject Headings

  • Agronomy & Agriculture
  • 4104 Environmental management
  • 3703 Geochemistry
  • 0502 Environmental Science and Management
  • 0402 Geochemistry
  • 0399 Other Chemical Sciences
 

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Clark, J. S., & Royall, P. D. (1994). Pre-industrial particulate emissions and carbon sequestration from biomass burning in North America. Biogeochemistry, 24(1), 35–51. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00001306
Clark, J. S., and P. D. Royall. “Pre-industrial particulate emissions and carbon sequestration from biomass burning in North America.” Biogeochemistry 24, no. 1 (January 1, 1994): 35–51. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00001306.
Clark, J. S., and P. D. Royall. “Pre-industrial particulate emissions and carbon sequestration from biomass burning in North America.” Biogeochemistry, vol. 24, no. 1, Jan. 1994, pp. 35–51. Scopus, doi:10.1007/BF00001306.
Journal cover image

Published In

Biogeochemistry

DOI

EISSN

1573-515X

ISSN

0168-2563

Publication Date

January 1, 1994

Volume

24

Issue

1

Start / End Page

35 / 51

Related Subject Headings

  • Agronomy & Agriculture
  • 4104 Environmental management
  • 3703 Geochemistry
  • 0502 Environmental Science and Management
  • 0402 Geochemistry
  • 0399 Other Chemical Sciences