Predicting sediment delivery from debris flows after wildfire

Geomorphology

Volumn 250, Issue , 2015, Pages 173-186

  Nyman, Petter ^a,b   Smith, Hugh G ^c   Sherwin, Christopher B ^a,b   Langhans, Christoph ^a   Lane, Patrick N J ^a   Sheridan, Gary J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b BUSHFIRE COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Debris flow; Erosion; Sediment yield; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FLOW; DEPOSITION; EROSION; HILLSLOPE; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT YIELD; WILDFIRE;

AUSTRALIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84941962580     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2015.08.023     Document Type: Article

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