A model for fire-induced sediment yield by dry ravel in steep landscapes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Lamb, Michael P ^a   Scheingross, Joel S ^a   Amidon, William H ^a   Swanson, Erika ^a   Limaye, Ajay ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; HILLSLOPE; KNOWLEDGE; LANDSCAPE; SEDIMENT YIELD; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WILDFIRE;

CALIFORNIA; SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79961229462     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JF001878     Document Type: Article

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