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Research article
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21 Jul 2016
Research article |
| 21 Jul 2016
A post-wildfire response in cave dripwater chemistry
Gurinder Nagra
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Connected Waters Initiative Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
Pauline C. Treble
Connected Waters Initiative Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
Institute for Environmental Research, Australian Nuclear Science and Technological Organisation, Lucas Heights, NSW, 2234, Australia
Martin S. Andersen
Connected Waters Initiative Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
Ian J. Fairchild
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK
Katie Coleborn
Connected Waters Initiative Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
Andy Baker
Connected Waters Initiative Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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Short summary
Our current understanding of wildfires on Earth is filled with knowledge gaps. One reason for this is our poor record of fire in natural archives. We open the possibility for speleothems to be "a missing piece to the fire-puzzle". We find by effecting surface evaporation and transpiration rates, wildfires can have a multi-year impact on speleothem, forming dripwater hydrology and chemistry. We open a new avenue for speleothems as potential palaeo-fire archives.
Our current understanding of wildfires on Earth is filled with knowledge gaps. One reason for...
