Mobilization and transport of coarse woody debris to the oceans triggered by an extreme tropical storm

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 77-85

  West, A J ^a   Lin, C W ^a   Lin, T C ^b   Hilton, R G ^c   Liu, S H ^a   Chang, C T ^b   Lin, K C ^d   Galy, A ^e   Sparkes, R B ^e   Hovius, N ^e  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d TAIWAN FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; CARBON FLUX; CLIMATE CHANGE; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; COASTAL ZONE; EXTREME EVENT; FORMOSAT-2; LANDSLIDE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MASS TRANSPORT; MOBILIZATION; ORGANIC CARBON; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TYPHOON;

TAIWAN;

EID: 78651386713     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2011.56.1.0077     Document Type: Article

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