Impacts of wildfire on effective sediment particle size: Implications for post-fire sediment budgets

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 291, 2005, Pages 143-150

  Blake, William H ^a   Droppo, Ian G ^b   Wallbrink, Peter J ^c   Doerr, Stefan H ^d   Shakesby, Richard A ^d   Humphreys, Geoffrey S ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aggregate; Australia; Fine sediment; Fire; Nutrients; Sediment storage

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; CATCHMENTS; CLAY; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; RIVERS; SILT; SOILS; STREAM FLOW;

AUSTRALIA; FINE SEDIMENTS; NUTRIENTS; SEDIMENT STORAGE; WILDFIRE;

SEDIMENTS;

PARTICLE SIZE; SEDIMENT BUDGET; WILDFIRE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 17044388513     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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