Recovery of a New Mexico drainage basin from a forest fire
Bolin SB and Ward TJ. 1987. Recovery of a New Mexico drainage basin from a forest fire. Pages 191-198. In Bolin SB and Ward TJ (ed): Forest Hydrology and Watershed Management: Proceedings of the Vancouver Symposium. Vancouver, Canada. August 1987. IAHS-AISH
This paper documents the increase of sediment yield in the Frijoles Canyon watershed, NM, following the La Mesa Fire of 1977. Precipitation and runoff were measured to detect increases, but no correlation was found. Includes data on the flow rates of the Rito de los Frijoles.
- Type
- Conference Proceeding Paper
- Authors
- Bolin, Susan; Ward, Timothy
- Units
- BAND
- Keywords
- Aquatic Science, Erosion, FIRE, Flow (Streamflow), Frijoles Canyon Bandelier National Monument NM, Hydrology, Jemez Mountains NM, La Mesa Fire, Precipitation, Rito de los Frijoles River NM, Runoff, Sediment