The wettability of ash from burned vegetation and its relationship to Mediterranean plant species type, burn severity and total organic carbon content

Geoderma

Volumn 160, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 599-607

  Bodí, Merche B ^a,b,c   Mataix Solera, Jorge ^b   Doerr, Stefan H ^c   Cerdà, Artemi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ash; Colour; Hydrophobicity; Organic carbon; Water repellency; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

ASHES; COLOR; COMBUSTION; FIRES; FURNACES; HYDROPHOBICITY; RAIN; RUNOFF; SOIL TESTING; SOILS; VEGETATION; WATERPROOFING; WETTING;

ORGANIC CARBON CONTENTS; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON CONTENT; WATER DROP PENETRATION TIME; WATER REPELLENCY; WATER REPELLENT SOILS; WETTING DRYING CYCLES; WILDFIRE;

ORGANIC CARBON;

ASH; BIOMASS; COLOR; DICOTYLEDON; DISSOLUTION; GROUND COVER; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; VEGETATION TYPE; WETTABILITY; WETTING-DRYING CYCLE; WILDFIRE;

ANIMALIA; PINUS HALEPENSIS; QUERCUS COCCIFERA; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS;

EID: 78650727775     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2010.11.009     Document Type: Article

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