Fire-related debris flows in the Iberian Range, Spain

Geomorphology

Volumn 196, Issue , 2013, Pages 221-230

  García Ruiz, José M ^a   Arnáez, José ^b   Gómez Villar, Amelia ^c   Ortigosa, Luis ^b   Lana Renault, Noemí ^b  

^a INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LA RIOJA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Debris flows; Iberian Range; Rainfall threshold; Sediment transport; Spain; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

CLAST; COLLUVIAL DEPOSIT; DEBRIS FLOW; HILLSLOPE; INFILTRATION; LIQUEFACTION; PEAK FLOW; RAINFALL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; THRESHOLD; TRIGGER MECHANISM; WILDFIRE;

IBERIAN CORDILLERA; SPAIN;

EID: 84879783574     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.03.032     Document Type: Article

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