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| Title: |
SEDIMENTATION AFTER WILDFIRES |
| Caption: |
(a) Sediment stored on hillslopes between fires is trapped upslope of chaparral vegetation. (b) After fire, sediment moves downslope by the process of dry ravel and accumulates in irregularities on hillslopes or channels. Moderate stream flows later flush the sediment from the channel. (Modified from Florsheim, J. L., Keller, E. A., and Best, D. W. 1991. Fluvial sediment transport in response to moderate storm flows following chaparral wild fire, Ventura County, southern California. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 103: 504-511) |
| Keywords: |
wildfires, soils, streams, water, erosion, deposition, sediments, mass movements, wasting |
