Conic bundles and iterated root stacks (Q1999240)

It is a classical result of \textit{V. G. Sarkisov} [Math. USSR, Izv. 20, 355--390 (1983; Zbl 0593.14034); translation from Izv. Akad. Nauk SSSR, Ser. Mat. 46, No. 2, 371--408 (1982)] saying that, over an algebraically closed field of characteristic zero, any conic bundle over a smooth base is birational to a stand form (see the paper for the precise definition). In the paper under review, the author generalizes this result to conic bundles over a general perfect base field, providing the existence of resolution of singularities.