Fire phenomena and the earth system : an interdisciplinary guide to fire science

Fire phenomena and the earth system : an interdisciplinary guide to fire science / edited by Claire M. Belcher.

Fire plays a key role in Earth system processes. Wildfires influence the carbon cycle and the nutrient balance of our planet, and may even play a role in regulating the oxygen content of our atmosphere. The evolutionary history of plants has been intimately tied to fire and this in part explains the...

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Other Authors: Belcher, Claire M.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicester : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013.
Subjects:
Wildfires > Environmental aspects.
Forest fires > Environmental aspects.
Environmental geology.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geography.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geology.
Environmental geology
Forest fires > Environmental aspects
Wildfires > Environmental aspects
Brand
Feuerökologie
Umweltgeologie
Waldbrand
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • An introduction to combustion in organic materials
  • Smouldering fires in natural fuels
  • Experimental understanding of wildland fires
  • Wildland fire behaviour and danger ratings
  • Satellite remote sensing of wildfires
  • Understanding the ecological impacts of fires
  • Plant adaptations to fire an evolutionary perspective
  • Fire and the land surface
  • Black carbon in soils and sediments
  • Identifying past fire events
  • A 21,000 year history of fire
  • A 450 million year history of fire
  • The atmospheric impact of wildfires
  • Experiments on atmospheric oxygen and fire
  • Fire feedbacks on atmospheric oxygen
  • Biochar and carbon sequestration.

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