A morphometric analysis of gullies scoured by post-fire progressively bulked debris flows in southwest Montana, USA

Geomorphology

Volumn 96, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 298-309

  Gabet, Emmanuel J ^a   Bookter, Andy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Debris flow; Fire; Hyperconcentrated flow; Natural hazard; Rocky Mountains

Indexed keywords

COLLUVIAL DEPOSIT; DEBRIS FLOW; GULLY; LANDSLIDE; MORPHOMETRY; NATURAL HAZARD; OVERLAND FLOW; RILL; RUNOFF; THUNDERSTORM;

MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 41149107079     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.03.016     Document Type: Article

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