Carbon loads, forms and sequestration potential within ash deposits produced by wildfire: New insights from the 2009 “Black Saturday” fires, Australia
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The main contributor to ash is usually vegetation, and ash plays an important role in mobilizing and redistributing C in the landscape after fire.
“This is because the main contributor to ash is usually vegetation and highlights the important role of ash in mobilizing and redistributing C in the landscape after fire (Bodí et al., 2014;Santín et al., 2012).”
From Chemical characteristics of wildfire ash across the globe and their environmental and socio-economic implications (2023) · cites this paper as Santín et al., 2012
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- Authors
- Santín, C., Doerr, S. H., Shakesby, R. A., Bryant, R., Sheridan, G. J., Lane, P. N. J., Smith, H. G., & Bell, T. L.
- Affiliations
- Swansea University (GB)
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- University of Plymouth (GB)
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Doerr, Stefan H.
- ORCID
- Venue
- European Journal of Forest Research
- Published
- 2012-02-10
- Volume
- 131
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 1245-1253
- ISSN
- 1612-4669 (ISSN-L)
- 1612-4677
- OpenAlex
- W2106616801
- Cited by
- 60
- References
- 47
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- FWCI
- 4.94
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- hdl.handle.net
- Licence
- Locations
- European Journal of Forest Research (publishedVersion)
- DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Funders
- Fundación Alfonso Martín Escudero
- Natural Environment Research Council (NE/H00131X/1)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Fire effects on ecosystems
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes
- Keywords
- pyrogenic carbon, carbon sequestration, 2009 bushfires, eucalypt forest, temperate rainforest, carbon forms, inorganic carbon, water-soluble carbon, particulate organic carbon, carbon flux, soil carbon
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