The effect of fire-induced soil hydrophobicity on wind erosion in a semiarid grassland: Experimental observations and theoretical framework

Geomorphology

Volumn 105, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 80-86

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Desertification; Fire; Hydrology; Water repellency; Wind erosion

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; DESERTIFICATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDROPHOBICITY; LAND DEGRADATION; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; SOIL NUTRIENT; WILDFIRE; WIND EROSION; WIND TUNNEL;

EID: 59049104589     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.12.010     Document Type: Article

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