Effect of burning temperature on water repellency and aggregate stability in forest soils under laboratory conditions

Geoderma

Volumn 158, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 366-374

  Zavala, Lorena M ^a   Granged, Arturo J P ^a   Jordán, Antonio ^a   Bárcenas Moreno, Gema ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aggregate stability; Contact angle; Heat treatment; Soil water repellency; Water drop penetration time

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE STABILITY; AUSTRALIA; BURNING TEMPERATURE; CONTACT ANGLE METHOD; CONTROL SAMPLES; EUCALYPTUS FORESTS; FOREST SOILS; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LABORATORY CONDITIONS; ME-XICO; MOIST CONDITIONS; NATURAL PARK; PLANT RESIDUES; REDUCED SOILS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; SOIL WATER CONTENT; SOIL WATER REPELLENCY; SW SPAIN; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; TOP SOILS; WATER DROP PENETRATION TIME; WATER REPELLENCY;

AGGREGATES; CONTACT ANGLE; DROPS; HEAT TREATMENT; SOIL MOISTURE; STABILITY; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER CONTENT;

WATER TREATMENT;

CONIFEROUS TREE; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLANT RESIDUE; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL STABILIZATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL WATER; WILDFIRE;

AUSTRALIA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; SPAIN;

EUCALYPTUS;

EID: 77955774041     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2010.06.004     Document Type: Article

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