Can terra rossa become water repellent by burning? A laboratory approach

Geoderma

Volumn 147, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 178-184

  Mataix Solera, J ^a   Arcenegui, V ^a   Guerrero, C ^a   Jordan M M ^a   Dlapa, P ^b   Tessler, N ^c   Wittenberg, L ^c  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chromic luvisol; Fire; Kaolinite; Rhodoxeralf; Soil hydrophobicity; Water repellency

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; DEFORESTATION; FIRES; FORESTRY; HEATING; INFILTRATION; ISOMERS; KAOLINITE; MINERALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PLASTIC TAPES; SEPARATION; SILICATE MINERALS; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; WATER CONTENT; WATERPROOFING;

CHROMIC LUVISOL; FIRE; RHODOXERALF; SOIL HYDROPHOBICITY; WATER REPELLENCY;

CLAY MINERALS;

BURNING; FOREST SOIL; HYDROPHOBICITY; INFILTRATION; KAOLINITE; LUVISOL; SOIL PROPERTY; TERRA ROSSA;

HEATING; INFILTRATION; ISOMERS; KAOLIN; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PLASTICS; SEPARATION; TAPE; WATER PROOFING;

ALICANTE [COMUNIDAD VALENCIA]; COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

PINUS HALEPENSIS;

EID: 53249140218     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2008.08.013     Document Type: Article

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