CONTENTS 



INTRODUCTION 1 



SAMPLING PROCEDURES 2 



Ponderosa Pine Forest Floors 2 



Cheatgrass 4 



VOLUME, SURFACE AREA, AND 



DENSITY MEASUREMENTS 5 



CALCULATIONS OF aX, PARTICLE SPACING, 



AND ORIENTATION 7 



RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 8 



Surface-to- Volume Ratios 8 



Density 9 



Loading of Fuel Complex 10 



Porosity of Fuel Complex 11 



Proportions of Particles 11 



Randomness of Particle Orientation 12 



Relationships Between Properties 12 



REFERENCES 15 



