Effects of wood on debris flow runout in small mountain watersheds

Water Resources Research

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2003, Pages

  Lancaster, Stephen T ^a   Hayes, Shannon K ^a   Grant, Gordon E ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Debris flow; Geomorphology; Landscape evolution; Landslide; Natural hazard; Woody debris

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEBRIS; FLOW OF WATER; FORESTRY; LANDSLIDES; RANDOM PROCESSES; SEDIMENTS;

FLUVIAL TRANSPORT; RUNOUT PATH;

WATERSHEDS;

DEBRIS FLOW; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; LANDSLIDE; NATURAL HAZARD; WOODY DEBRIS;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1542546271     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001WR001227     Document Type: Article

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