Moscow FSL - Predicting the impacts of forest roads on the environment

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Predicting the impacts of forest roads on the environment

Elliot, W.J.; Foltz, R.B; Luce, C.H. 1998. Predicting the Impacts of Forest Roads on the Environment. In: Proceedings of the Third Brazilian Harvesting and Transportation Symposium, December 8--12, 1997, Vitoria, ES, Brazil. 17 p.

Keywords: road erosion, erosion modeling

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Abstract: Forest roads are recognized as one of the primary sources of sediment in many forested watersheds. Research on soil erosion processes on forest roads has been carried out by the authors for over 10 years. This overview of that research summarizes the results of numerous past and ongoing field and computer modeling studies related to road erosion processes and the impacts of road design on road erosion.

Moscow FSL publication no. 1998c