Reply ‘‘Extraterrestrial impacts and wildfires’’

Jones, Timothy Peter ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4466-1260 2002. Reply ‘‘Extraterrestrial impacts and wildfires’’. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 185 (3-4) , pp. 407-408. 10.1016/S0031-0182(02)00342-5

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Abstract

Wildfires tend to occur when the environmental conditions are right: typically, abundant fuel source, dry weather, and high winds. It seems improbable that even with a potentially intense ignition source such as an extraterrestrial impact, fires would be widespread or long-lasting unless these conditions were met. Non-expert eyewitnesses do not provide reliable evidence. Blasts from such events could provide dead fuel-rich sites for later lightning-ignited wildfires, when climatic conditions were more conducive to fires.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Earth and Environmental Sciences
Subjects:	Q Science > Q Science (General)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	fire season; thermal pulse; ignition; explosion
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0031-0182
Last Modified:	19 Oct 2022 09:41
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/21838

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