Fire effects on geomorphic processes

LA McGuire, BA Ebel, FK Rengers… - Nature reviews earth & …, 2024 - nature.com
Fire-induced geomorphic changes, such as enhanced erosion and debris-flow activity, are
expected to increase with climate change owing to increases in fire activity and rainfall …

[HTML][HTML] Inundation, flow dynamics, and damage in the 9 January 2018 Montecito debris-flow event, California, USA: Opportunities and challenges for post-wildfire risk …

JW Kean, DM Staley, JT Lancaster… - …, 2019 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Shortly before the beginning of the 2017–2018 winter rainy season, one of the largest fires
in California (USA) history (Thomas fire) substantially increased the susceptibility of steep …

The mechanics of landslide mobility with erosion

SP Pudasaini, M Krautblatter - Nature communications, 2021 - nature.com
Erosion can significantly increase the destructive power of a landslide by amplifying its
volume, mobility and impact force. The threat posed by an erosive landslide is linked to its …

Current research issues related to post-wildfire runoff and erosion processes

JA Moody, RA Shakesby, PR Robichaud… - Earth-science …, 2013 - Elsevier
Research into post-wildfire effects began in the United States more than 70years ago and
only later extended to other parts of the world. Post-wildfire responses are typically transient …

Wildfire effects on water quality in forest catchments: A review with implications for water supply

HG Smith, GJ Sheridan, PNJ Lane, P Nyman… - Journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
Wildfires burn extensive forest areas around the world each year. In many locations, fire-
prone forest catchments are utilised for the supply of potable water to small communities up …

Prediction of spatially explicit rainfall intensity–duration thresholds for post-fire debris-flow generation in the western United States

DM Staley, JA Negri, JW Kean, JL Laber, AC Tillery… - Geomorphology, 2017 - Elsevier
Early warning of post-fire debris-flow occurrence during intense rainfall has traditionally
relied upon a library of regionally specific empirical rainfall intensity–duration thresholds …

Storm rainfall conditions for floods and debris flows from recently burned areas in southwestern Colorado and southern California

SH Cannon, JE Gartner, RC Wilson, JC Bowers… - Geomorphology, 2008 - Elsevier
Debris flows generated during rain storms on recently burned areas have destroyed lives
and property throughout the Western US Field evidence indicate that unlike landslide …

In situ measurements of post‐fire debris flows in southern California: Comparisons of the timing and magnitude of 24 debris‐flow events with rainfall and soil moisture …

JW Kean, DM Staley, SH Cannon - Journal of Geophysical …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Debris flows often occur in burned steeplands of southern California, sometimes causing
property damage and loss of life. In an effort to better understand the hydrologic controls on …

Predicting the probability and volume of postwildfire debris flows in the intermountain western United States

SH Cannon, JE Gartner, MG Rupert, JA Michael… - …, 2010 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Empirical models to estimate the probability of occurrence and volume of postwildfire debris
flows can be quickly implemented in a geographic information system (GIS) to generate …

Direct measurement of channel erosion by debris flows, Illgraben, Switzerland

C Berger, BW McArdell… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The timing and magnitude of channel bed erosion by three debris flows was measured in
2008 at the Illgraben catchment, Switzerland, using a scour sensor which consisted of a …