Sediment availability on burned hillslopes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 2451-2467

  Nyman, Petter ^a,b   Sheridan, Gary J ^a,c   Moody, John A ^d   Smith, Hugh G ^e   Noske, Philip J ^a   Lane, Patrick N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b BUSHFIRE COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

erodibility; erosion; sediment availability; wildfire

Indexed keywords

ERODIBILITY; HILLSLOPE; SEDIMENT; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL EROSION; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL SURFACE; WILDFIRE;

AUSTRALIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84892969706     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrf.20152     Document Type: Article

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