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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 Hardbound - 2013 - 1st Edition

by Belcher Claire M

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United States: John Wiley & Sons, 2013. Hardbound. Brand New. Book Condition:- Brand New. Secured Packaging. Fast DeliveryBookseller Inventory # 9780470657485
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  • Title Fire Phenomena And The Earth System: An Interdisciplinary Guide To Fire Science
  • Author Belcher Claire M
  • Binding Hardbound
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Condition New
  • Pages 352
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher John Wiley & Sons, United States
  • Date 2013
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # STM-9780470657485
  • ISBN 9780470657485 / 0470657480
  • Weight 2.15 lbs (0.98 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.9 x 7.4 x 0.9 in (25.15 x 18.80 x 2.29 cm)
  • Themes
    • Aspects (Academic): Science/Technology Aspects
  • Library of Congress subjects Environmental geology, Wildfires - Environmental aspects
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2013001793
  • Dewey Decimal Code 363.379

From the rear cover

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.

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, will all find this significant title useful.

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About the author

Claire M. Belcher is Senior Lecturer in Earth System Science at the University of Exeter. Prior to this she held a unique joint position as a Marie Curie Fellow at the School of Geosciences and BRE Centre for Fire Safety Engineering at the University of Edinburgh. Her research is internationally recognised for integrating state-of-the-art modern experimental methods into studies of Earth's ancient past. She is not only seen as a leader in her field but also as an innovator and facilitator of interdisciplinary research within fire science, an approach which is reflected in this book.