Predicting postfire sediment yields at the hillslope scale: Testing RUSLE and Disturbed WEPP

Water Resources Research

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Larsen, Isaac J ^a   MacDonald, Lee H ^a  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; RAIN; SOILS; VEGETATION;

PREDICTING POSTFIRE SEDIMENT YIELDS; REVISED UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION (RUSLE); SOIL ERODIBILITY (K) FACTOR;

SEDIMENTS;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; RAIN; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; VEGETATION;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HILLSLOPE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; SEDIMENT YIELD; WILDFIRE;

EID: 37549064720     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006WR005560     Document Type: Article

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