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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-1849-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-1849-2015
Research article
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20 Mar 2015
Research article |  | 20 Mar 2015

Pyrogenic carbon from tropical savanna burning: production and stable isotope composition

G. Saiz, J. G. Wynn, C. M. Wurster, I. Goodrick, P. N. Nelson, and M. I. Bird

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Around half of all pyrogenic carbon (charcoal+soot) derived from wildfires comes from semi-annual burning of tropical savannas. This pyrogenic carbon is significant because it is a component of global aerosols capable of modulating the greenhouse effect and is resistant to degradation. We use controlled field burns in northern Australian savannas to determine how much pyrogenic carbon is formed, how much of this is recalcitrant and how it is partitioned between ground residues and airborne soot.
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