Articles | Volume 2, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-2-351-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-2-351-2016
Original research article
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22 Jul 2016
Original research article |  | 22 Jul 2016

Thermal alteration of soil physico-chemical properties: a systematic study to infer response of Sierra Nevada climosequence soils to forest fires

Samuel N. Araya, Mercer Meding, and Asmeret Asefaw Berhe

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Using laboratory heating, we studied effects of fire intensity on important topsoil characteristics. This study identifies critical temperature thresholds for significant physical and chemical changes in soils that developed under different climate regimes. Findings from this study will contribute towards estimating the amount and rate of change in essential soil properties that can be expected from topsoil exposure to different intensity fires under anticipated climate change scenarios.