Charcoal re-combustion efficiency in tropical savannas

Geoderma

Volumn 219-220, Issue , 2014, Pages 40-45

  Saiz, Gustavo ^a,b   Goodrick, Iain ^b   Wurster, Christopher M ^b   Zimmermann, Michael ^c   Nelson, Paul N ^b   Bird, Michael I ^b  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Black carbon; Bushfire; Charcoal; Combustion; Fire; Savanna

Indexed keywords

BLACK CARBON; BUSHFIRE; CHARCOAL FRAGMENTS; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; MASS BALANCE CONSIDERATIONS; PLAUSIBLE MECHANISMS; SAVANNA; TEMPERATURE PROFILES;

COMBUSTION; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRES; TROPICS;

CHARCOAL;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CHARCOAL; COMBUSTION; DATA ACQUISITION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MASS BALANCE; MINERALIZATION; OPTIMIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE; SAVANNA; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84892539901     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2013.12.019     Document Type: Article

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