Patterns of wood and sediment storage along debris-flow impacted headwater channels in old-growth and industrial forests of the Western Olympic Mountains, Washington
2004. Patterns of wood and sediment storage along debris-flow impacted headwater channels in old-growth and industrial forests of the Western Olympic Mountains, Washington. Pages 99-112. In Bunn JT and Montgomery DR. Riparian Vegetation and Fluvial Geomorphology. American Geophysical Union
From the Abstract: "We investigated the effect of hillslope forest conditions and in-channel large woody debris (LWD) on channel sediment storage and sediment transport by debris flows, using a combination of aerial-photograph interpretation and field surveys to compare the characteristics of debris-flow tracks in old-growth and industrial forests of the western Olylmpic Peninsula. Debris-flow initiation sites are more than four times as common in the industrial forest as in the old-growth, and debris-flow density is three times greater in the industrial forest."
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- OLYM
- Keywords
- Debris Flows, Hoh River Watershed, large woody debris (LWD), Old-Growth Forest, Sediment