Changes in sediment sources following wildfire in mountainous terrain: A paired-catchment approach, British Columbia, Canada

The Interactions Between Sediments and Water

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 273-281

  Owens, Philip N ^a   Blake, William H ^b   Petticrew, Ellen L ^b  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

fingerprinting; geochemistry; mineral magnetics; sediment sources; wildfire

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892857246     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-5478-5_28     Document Type: Chapter

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