Fossil charcoal: a plant-fossil record preserved by fire |
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| Authors: | ANDREW C SCOTT senior lecturer TIMOTHY P JONES research student |
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| Institution: | Geology and Biology Departments, Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, University of London. |
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| Abstract: | Small pieces of black organic material are common in many post-Devonian sequences, both sedimentary and volcanic. While many of these are coalified plant fragments, others are fossil charcoal, also known as fusain. Charcoalification preserves exquisite detail of the plant ultra-structure and is best viewed by scanning electron microscopy. |
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