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Monthly analysis of soil temperatures shows limited pasture regeneration due to drying out after rain in a desert environment.
Monthly mean soil temperatures at depths of 1 in., 4 in., 8 in., 20 in., and 40 in. at a desert station (Giles) during 1957 are presented. The diurnal variation, the direction of heat flow and the thermal diffusivity of the soil are discussed. It is also shown that a rainfall of 4½ in. in December would have had little effect on the regeneration of pasture due to the rapid drying out and the return of high temperatures in the top layers of the soil.
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B. Mason (1959) studied this question.
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