Wildfire disturbance and shallow landsliding in coastal British Columbia over millennial time scales: A numerical modelling study

Catena

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 206-219

  Martin, Yvonne Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drainage basin evolution; Sediment transport; Shallow landsliding; Wildfire disturbance

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; COASTAL EROSION; HILLSLOPE; LANDSLIDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WEIBULL THEORY; WILDFIRE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; OLYMPIC PENINSULA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 33847266394     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2006.05.006     Document Type: Article

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