Determining the effects of wildfire on sediment sources using 137Cs and unsupported 210Pb: The role of landscape disturbances and driving forces

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 982-994

  Owens, Philip N ^a   Blake, William H ^b   Giles, Tim R ^c   Williams, Neil D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^d URS Infrastructure and Environment UK Limited Flood and Water Management   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caesium 137; Disturbance response; Fallout radionuclides; Sediment sources; Unsupported lead 210; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CESIUM ISOTOPE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FALLOUT; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; FORESTED CATCHMENT; HILLSLOPE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LEAD ISOTOPE; MOUNTAIN REGION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADIONUCLIDE; RIVER BED; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SNOWMELT; SOIL HORIZON; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; WILDFIRE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

EID: 84861232000     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11368-012-0497-x     Document Type: Article

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