FIRE, CLIMATE AND VEGETATION IN CENTRAL B RAZIL DURING THE HOLOCENE -DATA FROM A SOIL-PROFILE WITH CHARCOAL (SALITRE, MINAS-GERAIS)

Authors
VERNET JL WENGLER L SOLARI ME CECCANTINI G FOURNIER M LEDRU MP SOUBIES F
Citation
Jl. Vernet et al., FIRE, CLIMATE AND VEGETATION IN CENTRAL B RAZIL DURING THE HOLOCENE -DATA FROM A SOIL-PROFILE WITH CHARCOAL (SALITRE, MINAS-GERAIS), Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie II. Mecanique, physique, chimie, astronomie, 319(11), 1994, pp. 1391-1397
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie II. Mecanique, physique, chimie, astronomie → ACNP
ISSN journal
12518069
Volume
319
Issue
11
Year of publication
1994
Part
2
Pages
1391 - 1397
Database
ISI
SICI code
1251-8069(1994)319:11<1391:FCAVIC>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
A sediment profile containing charcoal fragments was discovered in a s wampy area in the region of central Brazil; the sequence includes most of the Holocene and testifies to the existence of a period of signifi cant wildfires during the Middle Holocene. These fires, at the origin of today's savanna, took place during the beginning of a dry climatic period around 6,000 BP. The recovery of the partly-deciduous mesophilo us forest takes place around 3,000 BP. Modern deforestation began afte r 600 BP.