Patterns of ice accumulation and forest disturbance during two ice storms in southwestern Virginia

Physical Geography

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 97-115

  Lafon, Charles W ^a   Graybeal, Daniel Y ^b   Orvis, Kenneth H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Appalachian Mountains; Forest disturbance; Freezing rain; Ice storms; Virginia

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST; ICE; LOADING; SNOW ACCUMULATION; STORM;

UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 0033360944     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02723646.1999.10642671     Document Type: Article

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