Saltating particles, playa crusts and dust aerosols at Owens (dry) Lake, California

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 621-639

  Cahill, Thomas A ^a,b   Gill, Thomas E ^a,b,d   Reid, Jeffrey S ^a,b,e   Gearhart, Elizabeth A ^a   Gillette, Dale A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Air Resources Laboratory   (United States)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Crust; Dust; Owens (dry) lake; Playa; PM10; Saltation; Sand run

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; DUST; PLAYA; SALTATION; SAND RUN; STORM;

USA, CALIFORNIA, OWENS LAKE;

EID: 0029731715     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(199607)21:7<621::AID-ESP661>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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