Fire and Flood in a Canyon Woodland: The Effects of Floods and Debris Flows on the Past Fire Regime of Rhyolite Canyon, Chiricahua National Monument: Final Report

Prior research in the Rhyolite Canyon area of Chiricahua National Monument (Swetnam et. al. 1989) revealed an anomalous 50 year fire-free interval between 1901 and 1851. Disruption of fire spread resulting from flooding and mass soil movement (debris flows) were postulated as potential causes of thi...

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Main Authors: Swetnam, Thomas, Baisan, Christopher, Caprio, Tony, McCord, Alex, Brown, Peter
Other Authors: Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, University of Arizona
Language:en_US
Published: 1990
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/302444