ARTYKUŁY PRZEGLĄDOWE Mezozoiczne pożary – ich rozprzestrzenienie i znaczenie w trakcie zdarzeń globalnych

Abstract

Mesozoic wildfires: distribution and importance for global events.A b s t r a c t. The present paper summarizes the issues related with occurrence and distribution of wildfires in the Mesozoic. The main focus is put on occurrence of palaeowildfires during the Mesozoic global events, including Permian-Triassic (P/T), Triassic-Jurassic (T/J) and Cretaceous-Palaeogene (C/P) boundary. The other problems are connected with controversies over oxygene curve during Mesozoic, with special emphasis on Jurassic wildfires and theoretical predictions of low concentrations of atmospheric oxygene.