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Observations of Extinction and Marginal Burning States in Free Burning Porous Fuel Beds

RALPH A. WILSON JR. USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, Northern Forest Fire Laboratory, Missoula, MT, 59806
Pages 179-193 | Received 29 Oct 1984, Accepted 01 Feb 1985, Published online: 21 May 2007

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