Erosion processes and prediction with wepp technology in forests in the northwestern U.S.

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 563-579

  Elliot, W J ^a  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

ATV impacts; Channel erosion; Forest roads; Logging; Mass wasting; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

ATV IMPACTS; CHANNEL EROSION; FOREST ROADS; MASS WASTING; WILDFIRE;

ALL WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLES; CLIMATE MODELS; EROSION; ESTIMATION; FIRES; FORECASTING; FORESTRY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; LANDFORMS; LANDSLIDES; LOGGING (FORESTRY); RISK PERCEPTION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOILS; TIMBER;

SEDIMENTS;

DEBRIS FLOW; GIS; LANDSLIDE; LOGGING (TIMBER); MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MASS WASTING; PREDICTION; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SOFTWARE; SOIL EROSION; STREAM CHANNEL; WILDFIRE;

BIOMASS; EARTH MOVEMENT; EROSION; FORESTS; GEOLOGY; ROADS; SEDIMENTS; USA; WATER SHEDS;

UNITED STATES;

AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM STEBBENSI VIRUS;

EID: 84878525079     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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