Smouldering natural fires: Comparison of burning dynamics in boreal peat and Mediterranean humus

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 119, Issue , 2008, Pages 183-192

  Rein, G ^a   Garcia, J ^a,b   Simeoni, A ^b   Tihay, V ^b   Ferrat, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CORSE   (France)

Author keywords

Duff; Organic soil; Smoulder; Subsurface; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS BURNING; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HUMUS; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MOISTURE CONTENT; ORGANIC SOIL; PEAT; WILDFIRE;

EID: 58849161374     PISSN: 17433541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2495/FIVA080191     Document Type: Article

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