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Published online 4 July 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030630-10
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Underground peat fires found in Mali
Shovel settles mystery of Timbuktu's reputed volcanoes.
Red-hot earth beneath the desert sands of Mali is caused by naturally burning peat deposits not volcanoes, a field expedition has found1.
Soil in the Timbuktu region sporadically seems to bake, fumes spew from glowing-hot holes in the ground and trees and scrub burn from the roots up.
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