In:
Journal of Palaeosciences, Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Vol. 61, No. (1-2) ( 2012-12-31), p. 75-82
Abstract:
Macroscopic fossil charcoal has been discovered in the carbonaceous shales associated with Seam-VI of Raniganj Formation, Upper Permian, Damodar Basin, India. A pycnoxylic gymnosperm wood is described and confirms the occurrence of palaeo-wildfire in this area during the Late Permian. The integration of the data presented in the current study with previously published data for the Raniganj Formation, principally related to the occurrence of (pyrogenic) inertinites within coal layers, demonstrates that palaeo-wildfires were common events during the deposition of the preserved material. In addition, the presence of charcoal in Permian sediments associated with coal levels at different Gondwana localities demonstrates that wildfires have been relatively common events across the continent during this period.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
2583-4266
DOI:
10.54991/jop.2012.351
Language:
Unknown
Publisher:
Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences
Publication Date:
2012
detail.hit.zdb_id:
3168307-1
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