The incidence and role of gullies after logging in a coastal redwood forest

Geomorphology

Volumn 117, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 155-169

  Reid, Leslie M ^a   Dewey, Nicholas J ^a   Lisle, Thomas E ^a   Hilton, Susan ^a  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel erosion; Cumulative impact; Forestry; Gully; Sediment budget

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BUFFER ZONE; CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; COALESCENCE; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; FOREST COVER; FORESTRY; GULLY EROSION; LOGGING (TIMBER); PEAK FLOW; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENT YIELD;

CALIFORNIA; CASPAR CREEK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77549087749     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.11.025     Document Type: Article

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