Comparative Analysis between Biomass and Topographic Features in an Arid Land, Western Australia
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- Abe Yukuo
- Institute of Agricultural and Forest Engineering, University of Tsukuba
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- Taniguchi Masahiko
- Laboratory of Arid Land Engineering, University of Tsukuba
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- Suganuma Hideki
- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba
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- Saito Masahiro
- Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute
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- Kojima Toshinori
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Seikei University
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- Egashira Yasuyuki
- Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Osaka University
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- Yamamoto Yukiyo
- Development Research Division, Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences
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- Yamada Koichi
- Faculty of Textile Science and Technology, Shinshu University
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Global warming is a serious problem requiring immediate countermeasures. Large-scale afforestation in arid areas for the aim of absorbing CO2 is considered to be one of these measures and the research activities for it have been carried out in Leonora, Western Australia. In this study, the relationship between the biomass distribution and topographic features was examined in order to collect basic information for the selection of suitable afforestation regions in the research area using a biomass distribution map and some topographic elements. The results were as follows.<BR>(1) Plant growth is related to the movement of and the volume of runoff water derived from inequality of the ground, which leads to a biased distribution of nutrient accumulation and of surface soil thickness.<BR>(2) The total potential biomass estimated from the present topography is greater than the present biomass in the 30 km × 50 km research area. A mass of 319 kt-C could be absorbed in the research area without any improvements in the landform.<BR>(3) A substantial improvement on the environment utilizing vast arid areas by afforestation is necessary to fix enough carbon deterring global warming.
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- JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING OF JAPAN
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JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING OF JAPAN 36 (4), 376-382, 2003
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- CRID
- 1390282679542566272
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- NII論文ID
- 10013412746
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- NII書誌ID
- AA00709658
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- 1:CAS:528:DC%2BD3sXkvFSgtrg%3D
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- ISSN
- 18811299
- 00219592
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- NDL書誌ID
- 6514406
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