Skip to main content

Controls on sediment generation from forest roads in a Pacific Maritime watershed

Resource type
Thesis type
(Thesis) M.Sc.
Date created
2011-04-21
Authors/Contributors
Abstract
Twenty four large scale rainfall simulation experiments were completed on the Queen Charlotte Mainline Forest Road South, Haida Gwaii, BC, in order to determine the controls on sediment production from forest roads. Precipitation intensity was the dominant control on the amount of sediment produced from the road section; antecedent precipitation conditions and truck speed were not important. For most experiments only a small fraction of sediment (
Document
Identifier
etd6612
Copyright statement
Copyright is held by the author.
Permissions
The author granted permission for the file to be printed and for the text to be copied and pasted.
Scholarly level
Supervisor or Senior Supervisor
Thesis advisor: Meerveld, Ilja Tromp-van
Member of collection
Download file Size
etd6612_EBaird.pdf 8 MB

Views & downloads - as of June 2023

Views: 13
Downloads: 1