Burn effects on soil properties associated to heat transfer under contrasting moisture content

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 601-602, Issue , 2017, Pages 1119-1128

  Badía, David ^a   López García, Sergio ^a   Martí, Clara ^a   Ortíz Perpiñá, Oriol ^a   Girona García, Antonio ^a   Casanova Gascón, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

EC; Fire; Organic C; Soil depth; Water content; Water repellency

Indexed keywords

FIRES; HEAT TRANSFER; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; WATER CONTENT;

AIR-DRIED SOIL; CAPACITY INCREASE; CARBONATE CONTENT; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FIELD CAPACITY; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; SOIL DEPTH; WATER REPELLENCY;

SOILS;

CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

BURNING; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HEAT TRANSFER; MOISTURE CONTENT; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; TOPSOIL; WATER CONTENT;

ARTICLE; BURN; COLOR; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROPHILICITY; MOISTURE; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL PROPERTY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THICKNESS;

PINUS HALEPENSIS;

EID: 85020181139     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.05.254     Document Type: Article

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