Effects of a wildfire on rocks and soils in the Sarno Mountains, Campania, Southern Apennines

Rendiconti Online Societa Geologica Italiana

Volumn 24, Issue , 2013, Pages 119-121

  Esposito, Giuseppe ^a   Esposito, Eliana ^a   Matano, Fabio ^a   Molisso, Flavia ^a   Sacchi, Marco ^a   Porfido, Sabina ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Exfoliation; Hydrophobic layer; Sarno; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882793443     PISSN: 20358008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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