Fire increases dust production from chaparral soils

Geomorphology

Volumn 217, Issue , 2014, Pages 182-192

  Gabet, Emmanuel J ^a  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeolian transport; Chaparral; Soil heating; Wind erosion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901036052     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.04.023     Document Type: Article

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