Soil water repellency: A key factor in post-fire erosion

Fire Effects on Soils and Restoration Strategies

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 195-197

  Doerr, Stefan H ^a   Shakesby, Richard A ^a   Macdonald, Lee H ^b  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

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