In-stream sources and links between particulate and dissolved black carbon following a wildfire

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 124, Issue 1-3, 2015, Pages 145-161

  Wagner, Sasha ^a   Cawley, Kaelin M ^b   Rosario Ortiz, Fernando L ^b   Jaffé, Rudolf ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Colorado   (United States)

Author keywords

Charcoal; Dissolved black carbon; High Park Fire; Particulate black carbon; River export; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

BASEFLOW; BLACK CARBON; CHARCOAL; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISSOLVED MATTER; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MOBILIZATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PEAK FLOW; POLLUTANT SOURCE; STREAM; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WILDFIRE;

CACHE LA POUDRE BASIN; COLORADO; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84930277146     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-015-0088-1     Document Type: Article

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