Evaluating the effects of wildfire on stream processes in a Colorado front range watershed, USA

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue SUPPL., 2011, Pages

  Murphy, Sheila F ^a   Writer, Jeffrey H ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; COLORADO FRONT RANGE;

HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; STREAMWATER; WATERSHED; WILDFIRE;

COLORADO; FRONT RANGE; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955968271     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.03.061     Document Type: Article

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