Using tracer based sediment budgets to assess redistribution of soil and organic material after severe bush fires

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 292, 2005, Pages 223-230

  Wallbrink, Peter ^a   Blake, William ^b   Doerr, Stefan ^c   Shakesby, Rick ^c   Humphreys, Geoff ^d   English, Pauline ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bushfires; Downstream impacts; Fallout radionuclides; Organic matter; Sediment budgets; Soil redistribution

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; CATCHMENTS; DEBRIS; EROSION; FIRES; FORESTRY; RADIOISOTOPES; SOILS;

BUSHFIRES; DOWNSTREAM IMPACTS; FALLOUT RADIONUCLIDES; SEDIMENT BUDGETS; SOIL REDISTRIBUTION;

SEDIMENTS;

SEDIMENT BUDGET; SOIL EROSION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TRACER; WILDFIRE;

COST CONTROL; EROSION; FIRES; FORESTRY; RADIOISOTOPES; SEDIMENTS; SOIL;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW SOUTH WALES; WORLD;

EID: 17044422918     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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