Until now, a limitation of records of past fires is that these have come from sediments laid down in lakes and bogs. Records for dryland regions have been lacking, but dune deposits can fill the gap.
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Associate Research Professor in Climatology, Desert Research Institute
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Assistant Research Professor, Desert Research Institute
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Research Professor, and Director of the Ultra-Trace Chemistry Laboratory, Desert Research Institute
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Integrated Terrain Analysis Program, Desert Research Institute
