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Data description paper
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Data description paper |
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The SahulCHAR collection: a palaeofire database for Australia, New Guinea, and New Zealand
Emma Rehn
ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, College of Arts, Society, and Education, James Cook University, Cairns, 4870, Australia
ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, School of Earth, Atmospheric, and Life Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, 2500, Australia
Scott Mooney
ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, School of BEES, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 2052, Australia
Tim J. Cohen
ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, School of Earth, Atmospheric, and Life Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, 2500, Australia
Henry Munack
ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, School of Earth, Atmospheric, and Life Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, 2500, Australia
Alexandru T. Codilean
ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, School of Earth, Atmospheric, and Life Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, 2500, Australia
Matthew Adeleye
Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1DB, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
Kristen K. Beck
Catchments and Coasts Research Group, Department of Geography, University of Lincoln, Brayford Pool, Lincoln, LN6 7TS, United Kingdom
Mark Constantine IV
ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, School of Earth, Atmospheric, and Life Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, 2500, Australia
Chris Gouramanis
Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, 0200, Australia
Johanna M. Hanson
School of Earth and Environment, University of Canterbury, Ōtautahi / Christchurch, 8041, Aotearoa / New Zealand
Penelope J. Jones
Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, 7000, Australia
A. Peter Kershaw
School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University, Clayton, 3800, Australia
Lydia Mackenzie
School of Geography, Planning and Spatial Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, 7001, Australia
Maame Maisie
ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, School of BEES, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 2052, Australia
Michela Mariani
School of Geography, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG72RD, United Kingdom
Kia Matley
School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, 3010, Australia
David McWethy
Department of Earth Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, 59715, USA
Keely Mills
British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham, NG12 5GG, United Kingdom
Patrick Moss
School of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, 4072, Queensland, Australia
Nicholas R. Patton
Department of Geosciences, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID, USA
School of Earth and Environment, University of Canterbury, Ōtautahi / Christchurch, 8041, Aotearoa / New Zealand
Cassandra Rowe
ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, College of Arts, Society, and Education, James Cook University, Cairns, 4870, Australia
Janelle Stevenson
ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, School of Culture, History and Language, The Australian National University, Canberra, 2601, Australia
John Tibby
Geography, Environment and Population, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 5005, Australia
Janet Wilmshurst
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research, P.O. Box 69040, Lincoln, 7640, Aotearoa / New Zealand
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This paper presents SahulCHAR, a new collection of palaeofire (ancient fire) records from Australia, New Guinea, and New Zealand. SahulCHAR version 1 contains 687 records of sedimentary charcoal or black carbon, including digitized data, records from existing databases, and original author-submitted data. SahulCHAR is a much-needed update to past charcoal compilations that will also provide greater representation of records from this region in future global syntheses to understand past fire.
This paper presents SahulCHAR, a new collection of palaeofire (ancient fire) records from...
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