Impact of forest fires on geomorphic processes in the tyrolean limestone alps

Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 117-133

  Sass, Oliver ^a,b   Haas, Florian ^c   Schimmer, Christoph ^b   Heel, Michael ^b   Bremer, Magnus ^a   Stöger, Florence ^a   Wetzel, Karl Friedrich ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF EICHSTÄTT INGOLSTADT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Austrian Alps; Debris flows; Fluvial erosion; Modelling; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

BEDLOAD; DEBRIS FLOW; EROSION RATE; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FLUVIAL PROCESS; LIMESTONE; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENT YIELD; WILDFIRE;

ALPS;

PINUS MUGO;

EID: 84858849847     PISSN: 04353676     EISSN: 14680459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0459.2012.00452.x     Document Type: Article

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