Biomass burning history in East Asia during the last 4 million years recorded in elemental carbon variability at IODP Site U1423
- Keywords:
- biomass burning, element carbon, IODP Expedition 346 Site U1423
The burning of trees and grasses produces charred particles, such as charcoal and soot, that can be transported over long distances via winds and rivers to coastal, deltaic, and ocean environments, where they are preserved in sediments. Charcoal contained in sediments has been widely used as a proxy for biomass burning and human activities as well as climate change. Charcoal and soot in Cenozoic marine sediments at Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Expedition (Exp.) 346 Site U1423 were measured to examine the regional history of biomass burning in East Asia.