WILDFIRES IN THE LATE PALAEOZOIC AND MESOZOIC OF THE SOUTHERN ALPS THE LATE PERMIAN OF THE BLETTERBACH-BUTTERLOCH AREA (NORTHERN ITALY)

For the first time fossil macroscopic remains of charcoal as direct evidence of palaeo-wildfires from the Late Permian Gröden Formation of the Bletterbach-Butterloch area in Northern Italy is described. The charcoal consists of pycnoxylic wood and originates from gymnosperms, but a more specific aff...

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Published inRivista italiana di paleontologia e stratigrafia Vol. 118; no. 2
Main Authors DIETER UHL, RAINER BUTZMANN, THILO C. FISCHER, BARBARA MELLER, EVELYN KUSTATSCHER
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Milano University Press 01.07.2012
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Bletterbach
Charcoal
Dolomites
Late Permian
N-Italy
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Summary:For the first time fossil macroscopic remains of charcoal as direct evidence of palaeo-wildfires from the Late Permian Gröden Formation of the Bletterbach-Butterloch area in Northern Italy is described. The charcoal consists of pycnoxylic wood and originates from gymnosperms, but a more specific affiliation is not possible due to the fragmentary nature of the material. On a global scale our knowledge about Late Permian fire-ecology is still rather scarce and this finding helps to fill one of the numerous geographical gaps in our current knowledge about Late Permian wildfires.
ISSN:0035-6883
2039-4942
DOI:10.13130/2039-4942/6002