Historical reduction of airborne dust in the Red River Valley of the North

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 543-551

  Todhunter, Paul E ^a   Cihacek, Larry J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Airborne dust; Climatology; North Dakota; Red River Valley; Soil conservation; Wind erosion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033371925     PISSN: 00224561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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