APPLICATION OF TRAFFICABILITY ANALYSIS TO FORESTRY
THE AUBURN FOREST ENGINEERING RESEARCH UNIT OF THE U. S. FOREST SERVICE AND THE MOBILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL DIVISION OF WES RECENTLY COMPLETED A SERIES OF TESTS TO DETERMINE THE APPLICATION OF THE WES TRAFFICABILITY SYSTEM TO FORESTRY PROBLEMS. THE TESTS WERE CONDUCTED IN A DENSE, MIXED, HARDWOOD FOREST AND A MATURE SOUTHERN PINE FOREST IN THE LOW-LYING ALLUVIAL TERRAIN NEAR VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI. THE SOILS AT THE TEST SITE WERE WET, FINE-GRAINED SOILS CLASSIFIED AS EITHER CL OR CH BY THE UNIFIED SOIL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM. /NTIS/
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Authors:
- Freitag, D R
- Richardson, B Y
- Publication Date: 1968-1
Media Info
- Pagination: 17 p.
- Serial:
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Forest roads; Forestry; Trafficability
- Subject Areas: Highways; Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00219475
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
- Report/Paper Numbers: Misc Pap
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jul 17 1973 12:00AM