The influence of fire on the radiocarbon signature and character of soil organic matter in the Siskiyou national forest, Oregon, USA

Fire Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 40-56

  Heckman, Katherine ^a,b   Campbell, John ^c   Powers, Heath ^d   Law, Beverly ^c   Swanston, Chris ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biscuit fire; Charcoal; Density separation; Radiocarbon; Soil organic matter; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHARCOAL; CLIMATE CHANGE; FIRE HISTORY; FOREST FIRE; LITTER; SOIL EROSION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; WILDFIRE;

OREGON; ROGUE RIVER-SISKIYOU NATIONAL FOREST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84881593404     PISSN: 19339747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4996/fireecology.0902040     Document Type: Article

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