Wetland sediments and soils on the Swan Coastal Plain, southwestern Australia: Types, distribution, susceptibility to combustion, and implications for fire management

Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 91-120

  Semeniuk, V ^a   Semeniuk, C A ^a  

^a V and C Semeniuk Research Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate changes; Fire; Pyrosediments; Swan Coastal Plain wetlands; Wetland hydrology; Wetland sediments

Indexed keywords

FIRE MANAGEMENT; SEDIMENT; SOIL; WETLAND;

EID: 23844524986     PISSN: 0035922X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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