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The Rise Of Fire: Fossil Charcoal In Late Devonian Marine Shales As An Indicator Of Expanding Terrestrial Ecosystems, Fire, And Atmospheric Change, Susan M. Rimmer, Sarah J. Hawkins, Andrew C. Scott, Walter L. Cressler Iii Oct 2015

The Rise Of Fire: Fossil Charcoal In Late Devonian Marine Shales As An Indicator Of Expanding Terrestrial Ecosystems, Fire, And Atmospheric Change, Susan M. Rimmer, Sarah J. Hawkins, Andrew C. Scott, Walter L. Cressler Iii

Earth & Space Sciences Faculty Publications

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Seeing The Forest For The Fossil Trees: Uncovering A 365-Million-Year-Old Landscape In Pennsylvania, Or, Rendezvous At Red Hill: Encounters In The Late Devonian, Walter Cressler Jan 2012

Seeing The Forest For The Fossil Trees: Uncovering A 365-Million-Year-Old Landscape In Pennsylvania, Or, Rendezvous At Red Hill: Encounters In The Late Devonian, Walter Cressler

University Libraries Faculty Publications

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Late Devonian Spermatophyte Diversity And Paleoecology At Red Hill, North-Central Pennsylvania, U.S.A., Walter L. Cressler Iii, Cyrille Prestianni, Ben A. Lepage Jan 2010

Late Devonian Spermatophyte Diversity And Paleoecology At Red Hill, North-Central Pennsylvania, U.S.A., Walter L. Cressler Iii, Cyrille Prestianni, Ben A. Lepage

Earth & Space Sciences Faculty Publications

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Plant Paleoecology Of The Late Devonian Red Hill Locality, North-Central Pennsylvania, An Archaeopteris-Dominated Wetland Plant Community And Early Tetrapod Site., Walter L. Cressler Iii Jan 2006

Plant Paleoecology Of The Late Devonian Red Hill Locality, North-Central Pennsylvania, An Archaeopteris-Dominated Wetland Plant Community And Early Tetrapod Site., Walter L. Cressler Iii

Earth & Space Sciences Faculty Publications

The Late Devonian Red Hill locality in north-central Pennsylvania contains an Archaeopteris-dominated plant fossil assemblage, a diverse fossil fauna, and an extensive sedimentary sequence ideal for investigating the landscapes and biotic associations of the earliest forest ecosystems. Sedimentological analysis of the main plantfossil bearing layer at Red Hill indicates that it was a fl ood-plain pond. A seasonal wet-and-dry climate is indicated by well-developed paleovertisols. The presence of charcoal interspersed with plant fossils indicates that fi res occurred in this landscape.Fires appear to have primarily affected the fern Rhacophyton. The specifi city of the fires, the distribution profi …


Evidence Of Earliest Known Wildfires, Walter L. Cressler Iii Apr 2001

Evidence Of Earliest Known Wildfires, Walter L. Cressler Iii

Earth & Space Sciences Faculty Publications

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