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PI: Dr. Danica Roth
Project Lead: Samuel Beane
Funding Source: Geomorphology and Land Use Dynamics; Proposal Number: 2123221
Location: Santa Clara County, CA
Dates: 2021-11-05 to
U-078 - Postfire Steepland Ravel
PI: Dr. Danica Roth
Project Lead: Samuel Beane
Funding Source: Geomorphology and Land Use Dynamics; Proposal Number: 2123221
Location: Santa Clara County, CA
Dates: 2021-11-05 to
Project Summary
This project was carried out to better understand post-wildfire hillslope erosion, and to improve modeling / forecasting of such processes with anticipated wildfires. In addition to terrestrial LIDAR scanning carried out by UNAVCO, a short-lived radionuclide analysis and other physical tests (e.g. rock drop measurements) were carried out by the principal investigator (PI) and her students. This work tests the hypothesis that under key conditions in newly burned steeplands, disturbance by burrowing animals can encourage sediment movement not previously considered in similar models.