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https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-6-71-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-6-71-2024
Short communication/technical note
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21 Feb 2024
Short communication/technical note |  | 21 Feb 2024

Short communication: Cosmogenic noble gas depletion in soils by wildfire heating

Greg Balco, Alan J. Hidy, William T. Struble, and Joshua J. Roering

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We describe a new method of reconstructing the long-term, pre-observational frequency and/or intensity of wildfires in forested landscapes using trace concentrations of the noble gases helium and neon that are formed in soil mineral grains by cosmic-ray bombardment of the Earth's surface.
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