'Natural background' soil water repellency in conifer forests of the north-western USA: Its prediction and relationship to wildfire occurrence

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 371, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 12-21

  Doerr, S H ^a   Woods, S W ^b   Martin, D A ^c   Casimiro, M ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

BAER; Burn severity; Contact angle; Erosion; Hydrophobicity; Runoff

Indexed keywords

BAER; BURN SEVERITY; CLAY CONTENTS; CONIFER FORESTS; CONIFEROUS FORESTS; FOREST TYPES; GROUND VEGETATIONS; IN-SITU; LOW BACKGROUNDS; MINERAL SOILS; NATURAL BACKGROUNDS; NEAR SURFACES; ORGANIC CARBON CONTENTS; PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS PONDEROSA; POST FIRES; POST-FIRE RUNOFFS; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; SLOPE ANGLES; SOIL EROSIONS; SOIL TEXTURES; SOIL VARIABLES; SOIL WATER REPELLENCIES; TREE SPECIES; VEGETATION TYPES; WATER DROP PENETRATION TIME; WATER REPELLENCIES;

CLAY MINERALS; CONTACT ANGLE; EROSION; FIRE HAZARDS; FIRES; FORESTRY; HYDROPHOBICITY; LITHOLOGY; MINERALS; MINING; ORGANIC CARBON; RUNOFF; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SOIL MOISTURE; UNDERWATER SOILS; VEGETATION;

DEWATERING;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; ELEVATION; FIRE; HYDROPHOBICITY; PREDICTION; RUNOFF; SLOPE; SOIL EROSION; SOIL TEXTURE; SOIL WATER; VEGETATION TYPE; WILDFIRE;

CARBON; CLAY; CONTACT ANGLE; DRAINAGE; EROSION; FOREST FIRES; PLANTS; RUNOFF; SOIL; WATER REPELLENCE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA; PICEA ENGELMANNII; PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS PONDEROSA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 65449119492     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.03.011     Document Type: Article

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