Changes in sediment sources following wildfire in mountainous terrain: A paired-catchment approach, British Columbia, Canada

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution: Focus

Volumn 6, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 637-645

  Owens, Philip N ^a   Blake, William H ^b   Petticrew, Ellen L ^b  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fingerprinting; Geochemistry; Mineral magnetics; Sediment sources; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; CHANNEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TERRAIN; WILDFIRE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33845921162     PISSN: 15677230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11267-006-9048-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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