Impact of fire on the Weipa Bauxite, northern Australia

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Eggleton, R A ^a   Taylor, G ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

alumina; Boehmite; Cape York; Fire; Gibbsite; Maghemite; Redsoil; Regolith

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM OXIDE; BAUXITE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BOEHMITE; DEHYDRATION; GIBBSITE; MAGHEMITE; RED SOIL;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CAPE YORK PENINSULA; QUEENSLAND;

EUCALYPTUS TETRODONTA; ISOPTERA;

EID: 56349090572     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120090802438266     Document Type: Article

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