Enhancement of wind erosion by fire-induced water repellency

Water Resources Research

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Ravi, Sujith ^a   D'Odorico, Paolo ^a   Herbert, Bruce ^b   Zobeck, Ted ^c   Over, Thomas M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CONTACT ANGLE; ECOSYSTEMS; FATTY ACIDS; HYDROPHOBICITY; VEGETATION; WIND EFFECTS;

INTERPARTICLE WET-BONDING FORCES; PALMITIC ACID; WIND EROSION;

EROSION;

BIOMASS; CONTACT ANGLE; ECOSYSTEMS; EROSION; FATTY ACIDS; HYDROPHOBICITY; VEGETATION; WIND EFFECTS;

ARID ENVIRONMENT; BIOMASS BURNING; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FIRE BEHAVIOR; NUTRIENT LOSS; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SHRUB; SOIL NUTRIENT; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WIND; WIND EROSION;

EID: 33846365016     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006WR004895     Document Type: Article

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