Rethinking infiltration in wildfire-affected soils

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1510-1514

  Ebel, Brian A ^a   Moody, John A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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EID: 84877029185     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9696     Document Type: Note

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