Fire-induced changes in soil water repellency increased fingered flow and runoff rates following the 2004 Huelva wildfire

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1614-1629

  Granged, Arturo J P ^a   Jordán, Antonio ^a   Zavala, Lorena M ^a   Bárcenas, Gema ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Forest fire; Hydrophobicity; Mediterranean forest; Preferential flow paths; Runoff flow; Wetting front

Indexed keywords

AFTERBURNING; BURNT SOIL; FOREST FIRES; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; HYDROPHOBIC LAYERS; INFILTRATION PROCESS; MATRIX; MEDITERRANEAN FOREST; MOISTURE PROFILES; PINE FOREST; PREFERENTIAL FLOW PATHS; RAINFALL SIMULATIONS; RUNOFF GENERATION; RUNOFF RATES; SIMULATED RAINFALL; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL PROFILES; SOIL WATER REPELLENCY; STEADY STATE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; VERTICAL PRESSURE; WATER COLUMNS; WATER REPELLENCY; WETTING FRONT; WETTING FRONTS;

DEFORESTATION; FIRES; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROPHOBICITY; RAIN; RUNOFF; SEEPAGE; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL MOISTURE; WETTING;

SOIL SURVEYS;

FOREST FIRE; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; HYDROPHOBICITY; INFILTRATION; RUNOFF; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL WATER; WATER COLUMN; WATER FLOW; WETTING; WILDFIRE;

DEFORESTATION; FOREST FIRES; MOISTURE; PINUS; RAIN; RUNOFF; SEEPAGE; SOIL; SPAIN; WATER REPELLENCE; WETTING;

ANDALUCIA; HUELVA [ANDALUCIA]; SPAIN;

QUERCUS;

EID: 79955535004     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7923     Document Type: Article

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