Sediment storage by vegetation in steep bedrock landscapes: Theory, experiments, and implications for postfire sediment yield

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1147-1160

  Lamb, Michael P ^a   Levina, Mariya ^a   Dibiase, Roman A ^a   Fuller, Brian M ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

angle of repose; bedrock landscapes; biogeomorphology; ravel; soil transport; wildfire

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; DEBRIS FLOW; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HILLSLOPE; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; ROUGHNESS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD; SOIL COVER; WILDFIRE;

EID: 84880732094     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrf.20058     Document Type: Article

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