Fire Phenomena and the Earth System : An Interdisciplinary Guide to Fire Science

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Fire Phenomena and the Earth System : An Interdisciplinary Guide to Fire Science

Belcher, Claire M. (EDT)

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Blackwell Pub（2013/05発売）
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ポイント 272pt

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製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 333 p.
言語 ENG
商品コード 9780470657485
DDC分類 550

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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 distribution of our ecosystems and their ability to withstand the effects of natural fires today. Fire Phenomena and the Earth System brings together the various subdisciplines within fire science to provide a synthesis of our understanding of the role of wildfire in the Earth system. The book shows how knowledge of fire phenomena and the nature of combustion of natural fuels can be used to understand modern wildfires, interpret fire events in the geological record and to understand the role of fire in a variety of Earth system processes. By bringing together chapters written by leading international researchers from a range of geological, environmental, chemical and engineering disciplines, the book will stimulate the exchange of ideas and knowledge across these subject areas. Fire Phenomena and the Earth System provides a truly interdisciplinary guide that can inform us about Earth's past, present and beyond.

Readership: Advanced students and researchers across a wide range of earth, environmental and life sciences, including biogeochemistry, paleoclimatology, atmospheric science, palaeontology and paleoecology, combustion science, ecology and forestry.

Contributors vii

Foreword ix

Preface xii

Acknowledgements xv

Part 1 Fire Behaviour 1

1 An Introduction to Combustion in Organic Materials 3
Jose L. Torero

2 Smouldering Fires and Natural Fuels 15
Guillermo Rein

3 Experimental Understanding of Wildland Fires 35
Albert Simeoni

4 Wildfire Behaviour and Danger Ratings 53
Eulalia Planas and Elsa Pastor

5 Satellite Remote Sensing of Fires 77
David P. Roy, Luigi Boschetti and Alistair M.S. Smith

Part 2 Fire and the Biosphere 95

6 Understanding Fire Regimes and the Ecological Effects of Fire 97
G. Matt Davies

7 Plant Adaptations to Fire: an Evolutionary Perspective 125
Jeremy J. Midgley and William J. Bond

8 Fire and the Land Surface 135
Stefan H. Doerr and Richard A. Shakesby

9 Identification of Black Carbon in the Earth System 157
Karen Hammes and Samuel Abiven

Part 3 Fire and the Earth's Past 177

10 Identifying Past Fire Events 179
Ian J. Glasspool and Andrew C. Scott

11 A 21 000-Year History of Fire 207
Mitchell J. Power

12 A 450-Million-Year History of Fire 229
Claire M. Belcher, Margaret E. Collinson and Andrew C. Scott

Part 4 Fire and the Earth System 251

13 Evaluating the Atmospheric Impact of Wildfires 253
Solene Turquety

14 The Dependence of Flame Spread and Probability of Ignition on Atmospheric Oxygen: an

Experimental Investigation 273
Andrew J. Watson and James E. Lovelock

15 Fire Feedbacks on Atmospheric Oxygen 289
Timothy M. Lenton

16 Biochar and Carbon Sequestration 309
Ondřej Mašek

Index 323