Browsing by Subject "Appalachians"

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    • American Chestnut and Fire: Implications for Restoration 
      Vaughan, Matthew Christopher (2017-05-22)
      Formerly the most dominant canopy tree species throughout much of eastern North America, the American chestnut (Castanea dentata (Marsh.) Borkh.) has since been decimated by the chestnut blight (Cryphonectria parasitica ...
    • The Role of Climate in the Deformation of a Fold and Thrust Belt 
      Steen, Sean Kristian (2012-02-14)
      Theory and experiment show that the rate and geographic distribution of erosion control the rate and pattern of deformation in collisional mountain belts. Enhanced erosion reduces the mass of material that must be moved ...