Pedogenic properties of surface deposits used as evidence for the type of landform formation of the Tadu tableland in central Taiwan

Tsai, Heng; Chen, Hsin-Yu; Huang, Shih‐Yu; Huang, Wei-Tzer; Chen, Zueng‐Sang

doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.09.020

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“…The study site was located in the Datu tableland in Central Taiwan (23°40′N, 123°12′E; Figure ). The Datu tableland is formed as an anticline in the thrust‐and‐fold belt, and elevations range from 20 to 150 m above sea level [ Tsai et al ., ]. The climate is humid subtropical, with a mean annual temperature of 22.8 °C and a mean annual precipitation of 1,642 mm.…”

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Effects of repeated fires on ecosystem C and N stocks along a fire induced forest/grassland gradient

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[1] Repeated fires might have different effect on ecosystem carbon storage than a single fire event, but information on repeated fires and their effects on forest ecosystems and carbon storage is scarce. However, changes in climate, vegetation composition, and human activities are expected to make forests more susceptible to fires that recur with relatively high frequency. In this study, the effects of repeated fires on ecosystem carbon and nitrogen stocks were examined along a fire-induced forest/grassland gradient wherein the fire events varied from an unburned forest to repeatedly burned grassland. Results from the study show repeated fires drastically decreased ecosystem carbon and nitrogen stocks along the forest/grassland gradient. The reduction began with the disappearance of living tree biomass, and followed by the loss of soil carbon and nitrogen. Within 4 years of the onset of repeated fires on the unburned forest, the original ecosystem carbon and nitrogen stocks were reduced by 42% and 21%, respectively. Subsequent fires caused cumulative reductions in ecosystem carbon and nitrogen stocks by 68% and 44% from the original ecosystem carbon and nitrogen stocks, respectively. The analyses of carbon budgets calculated by vegetation composition and stable isotopic d13 C values indicate that 84% of forest-derived carbon is lost at grassland, whereas the gain of grass-derived carbon only compensates 18% for this loss. Such significant losses in ecosystem carbon and nitrogen stocks suggest that the effects of repeated fires have substantial impacts on ecosystem and soil carbon and nitrogen cycling.

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Effects of repeated fires on ecosystem C and N stocks along a fire induced forest/grassland gradient

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“…2). In the Tadu area, Tsai et al (2010) estimated that the most widely spread alluvial terrace caping the tableland should be contemporaneous to the Pakua Pk-2 terrace. Within such a chronological framework, the deformation associated to the onset and growth of the Pakua anticline, which was in close relation with the Changhua Fault, should thus not be younger than the abandonment of the Pk-1 terrace (Delcaillau et al, 1998), that is, about 400 kyr ago.…”

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Pleistocene alluvial deposits dating along frontal thrust of Changhua Fault in western Taiwan: The cosmic ray exposure point of view

Siamé

Chen

Derrieux

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Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

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“…The identification of geomorphic surfaces will provide important information for understanding the landform formation and its link to tectonic processes that have occurred in the area (Tsai et al, 2010). Geomorphic surfaces are differentiated due to different parent material (Lark, 1999;Shaw et al, 2004) and classified based on their local surface shape and slope gradient (McMillan and Shary, 2009).…”

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“…MacMillan et al (2000) produced a landform classification system based on quantitative digital variables. Also, many studies have been applied around the pedogenic and morphologic characteristics of landforms (Dill and Ludwig, 2008;Bishop, 2009;Tsai et al, 2010). Nowadays such approaches are computer based and rely on digital elevation models of various scales, sources, and kinds.…”

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The role of slope and parent material in the formation of landform

Alijani¹,

Sarmadian²

2015

Afr. J. Agric. Res.

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Pedogenic properties of surface deposits used as evidence for the type of landform formation of the Tadu tableland in central Taiwan

Cited by 11 publications

References 27 publications

Effects of repeated fires on ecosystem C and N stocks along a fire induced forest/grassland gradient

Effects of repeated fires on ecosystem C and N stocks along a fire induced forest/grassland gradient

Pleistocene alluvial deposits dating along frontal thrust of Changhua Fault in western Taiwan: The cosmic ray exposure point of view

The role of slope and parent material in the formation of landform

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