Channel and woody debris characteristics in adjacent burned and unburned watersheds a decade after wildfire, Park County, Wyoming

Geomorphology

Volumn 57, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 217-233

  Zelt, Ronald B ^a   Wohl, Ellen E ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Channels; Fire; Forests; Stream sediments; Wood; Wyoming

Indexed keywords

BURNING; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; DEPOSITION; WATERSHED; WOODY DEBRIS;

NORTH AMERICA; PARK COUNTY [WYOMING]; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 1142281070     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-555X(03)00104-1     Document Type: Article

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