Reposted by Richard Vachula
New paper led by recent Auburn graduate Sarah Barney and w/ @richardsvachula.bsky.social , where we used charcoal to assess the type of vegetation burnt 🔥 in South China during the late Miocene when C4 grasses expanded (funded by @us-sciod.bsky.social; formerly USSSP)
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Assessing Fuel Type Changes in the Late Miocene C4 Grass Expansion Through Sedimentary Charcoal Analysis of the South China Sea Ocean Drilling Program Site 1146
The Fire Hypothesis posits fire catalyzed the late Miocene C4 grassland expansion but few proxy studies resolved both fuel type and fire
South China Sea (Ocean Drilling Program Site 1146) sedimen...