Impact of wildfire on interdune ecology and sediments: an example from the Simpson Desert, Australia

The stability of many sand dunes and their interdunes is dependent on vegetation and surface crust cover. When this cover is removed, the sand can be activated and fine sediments deflated making the dunefields into sources of dust. This paper reports the impact of devegetation by wildfire on an inte...

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Main Authors: Craig L. Strong, Joanna Bullard, Chloe Dubois, Grant H. McTainsh, Matthew Baddock
Format: Default Article
Published: 2010
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Other earth sciences not elsewhere classified
Fire
Wind erosion
Cyanobacteria
Dust
Biogeomorphology
Vegetation
Earth Sciences not elsewhere classified
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2134/5620
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