Wildfires in the late Palaeozoic and Mesozoic of the Southern Alps-the Anisian and Ladinian (Mid Triassic) of the Dolomites (Northern Italy)

作者：Uhl Dieter^*; Hartkopf Froeder Christoph; Littke Ralf; Kustatscher Evelyn

来源：Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, 2014, 94(2): 271-278.

DOI：10.1007/s12549-014-0155-y

• Mid Triassic
• Anisian
• Ladinian
• Palaeo-wildfire
• Charcoal gap

Based on anatomical studies of fossil charcoal fragments the first evidence for palaeo-wildfires is presented for the Anisian and Ladinian of the Dolomites (Northern Italy). These charcoals are from the localities Kuhwiesenkopf/Monte PrA della Vacca (middle-upper Pelsonian, upper Anisian) and Ritberg/Ju Rit (Longobardian, upper Ladinian), and they help to fill a gap in our current scientific knowledge on the fossil record of Triassic wildfires worldwide. Charcoal reflectance values from Kuhwiesenkopf are surprisingly high, indicating a palaeo-wildfire temperature of approximately 650 A degrees C.

• 出版日期2014-6