Effects of forest fires on water extractable organic matter and humic substances from Mediterranean soils: UV-vis and fluorescence spectroscopy approaches

Geoderma

Volumn 160, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 434-443

  Vergnoux, A ^a,b   Di Rocco, R ^a   Domeizel, M ^a   Guiliano, M ^b   Doumenq, P ^b   Theraulaz F ^a  

^a FR 3098 Aix Marseille University CNRS   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Fluorescence; Forest fire; Humic substances; UV vis; Water extractable organic matter

Indexed keywords

AROMATICITIES; DIRECT IMPACT; FOREST FIRES; FULVIC ACIDS; HUMIC ACID; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; HUMIFIED FRACTIONS; MEDITERRANEAN SOILS; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; RECOVERY TIME; RESTORATION PROCESS; SHORT TERM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; TIME SPAN; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; UV-VIS; WATER EXTRACTABLE ORGANIC MATTER;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CONSERVATION; DEFORESTATION; ECOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; LEAD COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC CARBON; RESINS; SOILS;

FIRES;

ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; FOREST FIRE; FULVIC ACID; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; MEDITERRANEAN SOIL; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISIBLE SPECTRUM;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CONSERVATION; DEFORESTATION; FLUORESCEINS; FOREST FIRES; GEOCHEMISTRY; HUMIC MATERIALS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; ORGANIC MATTER;

EID: 78650741824     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2010.10.014     Document Type: Article

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