Inferring changes in soil organic matter in post-wildfire soil burn severity levels in a temperate climate

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 627, Issue , 2018, Pages 622-632

  Merino, Agustín ^a   Fonturbel, María T ^b   Fernández, Cristina ^b   Chávez Vergara, Bruno ^c,d   García Oliva, Felipe ^c   Vega, Jose A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b Centro de Investigacion Forestal Lourizan   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

13C NMR spectroscopy; Forest fire; Soil burn severity; SOM quality; Thermal analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBONIZATION; COMBUSTION; DEFORESTATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FIRES; MINERALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; QUALITY CONTROL; SOILS; STABILIZATION; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; WIND TUNNELS;

13C NMR SPECTROSCOPY; BURN SEVERITY; FOREST FIRES; MINERAL SOILS; NMR-SPECTROSCOPY; ORGANIC MATTER QUALITIES; SOIL BURN SEVERITY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER QUALITY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; VISUAL IDENTIFICATION;

NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

ALKYL GROUP; AROMATIC COMPOUND; CARBOHYDRATE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

FOREST FIRE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL STABILIZATION; SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

AROMATIZATION; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CARBONIZATION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; PINE; PINUS PINASTER; PLANT LITTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SPAIN; SURFACE SOIL; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; WILDFIRE; WOOD;

EID: 85041460132     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.01.189     Document Type: Article

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