Evaluation of wood degradation for timber check dams using time domain reflectometry water content measurements

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue , 2012, Pages 259-268

  Previati, Maurizio ^a,b   Canone, Davide ^a   Bevilacqua, Ivan ^b   Boetto, Guido ^a   Pognant, Davide ^a   Ferraris, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b EnviCons srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hydrology; Mountain streams; Timber; Time domain reflectometry; Wood water content

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; CALIBRATION CURVES; CHECK DAM; FIELD CAMPAIGN; GRAVIMETRIC METHODS; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; LABORATORY ANALYSIS; MOUNTAIN STREAMS; REGRESSION SLOPE; STREAM MANAGEMENT; TIMBER STRUCTURES; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; TIME-DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY TECHNIQUES; VOLUMETRIC WATER CONTENT; WATER CONTENT IN SOIL; WATER CONTENT MEASUREMENTS; WOOD DEGRADATION; WOOD FIBRE; WOOD MATERIALS; WOOD MOISTURE; WOOD WATER CONTENT;

DEGRADATION; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; HYDROLOGY; PERMITTIVITY MEASUREMENT; TIMBER;

WATER CONTENT;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CALIBRATION; DAM; DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GRAVIMETRY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; POROSITY; SOIL WATER; TIMBER; WATER CONTENT; WOOD;

LARIX; LARIX DECIDUA;

EID: 84860319266     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.03.004     Document Type: Article

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