Long-term erosional responses after fire in the Central Spanish Pyrenees: 2. Solute release
2005
Lasanta Martínez, Teodoro | Cerdà, Artemi
20 páginas, 6 figuras, 4 tablas.
Mostrar más [+] Menos [-]Studies were conducted for 8 years to determine the effect of fire on solute losses from abandoned fields found on the slopes of the Pyrenees Mountains in Spain. Solute release played a key role in loss of materials from eroding slopes and may account for up to 60% of these losses. The objective of the research was to examine long-term solute losses caused by fire that occurred during the first month following burning. After this initial surge caused by the increase in surface runoff, the loss of solutes was very low during the 8-year study period. Calcium was the major element lost. The measured effect of fire on solute release was negligible in comparison to other semiarid and humid environments.
Mostrar más [+] Menos [-]This work was financed by the Dirección General de Conservación de la Naturaleza del Ministerio de Medio Ambiente, RESEL (Red de Estaciones Experimentales de Seguimiento y Evaluación de la Erosión y la Desertificación), and the Project REN2002-00133/GLO.
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