Fire effects on soil aggregation: A review

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 109, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 44-60

  Mataix Solera, J ^a,c   Cerda A ^b,c   Arcenegui, V ^a,c   Jordan A ^c   Zavala, L M ^c  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aggregate stability; Burnt soil; Forest fires; Soil erodibility; Structural stability; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; BURNING; ERODIBILITY; EROSION RATE; FOREST FIRE; LABORATORY METHOD; MINERALOGY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RECRYSTALLIZATION; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROPERTY; WILDFIRE;

EID: 80053565246     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2011.08.002     Document Type: Review

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