Intact ash and charred litter reduces susceptibility to rain splash erosion post-wildfire

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1522-1532

  Zavala, Lorena M ^a   Jordán, Antonio ^a   Gil, Juan ^b   Bellinfante, Nicolás ^a   Pain, Colin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^c GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Prescribed burning; Rainfall simulation; Runoff; Soil loss; Soil water repellency

Indexed keywords

AFTERBURNING; ASH LAYER; BARE SOILS; EROSION RATES; GROUND SURFACES; HEATHLANDS; LITTER LAYER; LITTLE RESEARCH; MINERAL SOILS; POST-FIRE; PRESCRIBED BURNING; PRESCRIBED FIRES; RAIN SPLASH EROSION; RAINFALL SIMULATION; RUNOFF COEFFICIENTS; SIMULATED RAINFALL; SOIL ERODIBILITY; SOIL LOSS; SOIL SURFACES; SOIL WATER REPELLENCY; SOUTHERN SPAIN; STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR; STRONG WINDS;

FIRES; FORESTRY; HYDRAULIC MODELS; PONDING; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; UNDERWATER SOILS;

EROSION;

HEATHLAND; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SOIL EROSION; SOIL WATER; WILDFIRE;

STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR;

EID: 70349190919     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1837     Document Type: Article

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