Wind erosion from military training lands in the Mojave Desert, California, U.S.A.

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 687-703

  Van Donk, Simon J ^a   Huang, Xuewen ^a   Skidmore, Edward L ^a   Anderson, Alan B ^b   Gebhart, Dick L ^b   Prehoda, Valerie E ^c   Kellogg, Elizabeth M ^d  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^c US Marine Corps   (United States)

^d Tierra Data Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

BSNE sampler; Saltation; Sediment discharge; Sensit

Indexed keywords

MILITARY LAND; SOIL AGGREGATE; TIME SERIES; VEGETATION COVER; WIND EROSION;

CALIFORNIA; MOJAVE DESERT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037701627     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.2002.1085     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. Armstrong, R. (2001). Grapes of Wrath in Inner Mongolia. http://www.usembassychina.org.cn/english/sandt/MongoliaDust-web.htm.
2. Belnap, J. & Gillette, D.A. (1998). Vulnerability of desert biological soil crusts to wind erosion: the influences of crust development, soil texture and disturbance. Journal of Arid Environments, 39: 133-142.
3. Boyd, D.W., Skidmore, E.L. & Thompson, J.G. (1983). A soil-aggregate crushing-energy meter. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 47: 313-316.
4. Brotherson, J.D., Rushforth, S.R. & Johansen, J.R. (1983). Effects of long-term grazing on cryptogam crust cover in Navajo Monument, Arizona. Journal of Range Management, 36: 479-581.
5. Chepil, W.S. (1962). A compact rotary sieve and the importance of dry sieving in physical soil analysis. Soil Science Society of America Proceedings, 26: 4-6.
6. Cole, D.N. (1990). Trampling disturbance and recovery of cryptogamic soil crusts in Grand Canyon National Park. Great Basin Naturalist, 50: 321-325.
7. Fryrear, D.W. (1986). A field dust sampler. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 41: 117-120.
8. Fryrear, D.W. (1995). Soil losses by wind erosion. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 59: 668-672.
9. Fryrear, D.W., Stout, J.E., Hagen, L.J. & Vories, E.D. (1991). Wind erosion: field measurement and analysis. Transactions of the ASAE, 34: 155-160.
10. Gee, G.W. & Bauder, J.W. (1986). Particle size analysis. In: Klute, A. (Ed.), Methods of Soil Analysis, Part I (2nd Edn), pp. 383-411. Agronomy Monograph 9. Madison, WI: ASA and SSSA. 1188 pp.
11. Gee-Clough, D. & Salokhe, V. (Eds) (1988). Proceedings of the 2nd Asia-Pacific Conference of the International Society for Terrain Vehicle Systems. Bangkok, Thailand: Asian Institute of Technology.
12. Giessow, J., Giessow, J., Costi, V., Kellogg, E. & Kellogg, J. (1998). Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC) Twentynine Palms, CA Land Condition Trend Analysis Field Season Report. Final Report to MCAGCC, April 1998, Tierra Data Systems, CA.
13. Gijsbers, H.J.M., Kessler, J.J. & Knevel, M.K. (1994). Dynamics and natural regeneration of woody species in farmed parklands in the Sahel region. Forest Ecology and Management, 64: 1-12.
14. Gillette, D.A. & Stockton, P.H. (1986). Mass momentum and kinetic energy fluxes of saltating particles. In: Nickling, W.G. (Ed.), Aeolian Geomorphology, pp. 35-56. Boston: Allen & Unwin. 385 pp.
15. Gillette, D.A., Fryrear, D.W., Xiao, J.B., Stockton, P., Ono, D., Helm, P.J., Gill, T.E. & Ley, T. (1997). Large-scale variability of wind erosion mass flux rates at Owens Lake 1. Vertical profiles of horizontal mass fluxes of wind-eroded particles with diameter greater than 50 μm. Journal of Geophysical Research, 102: 25,977-25,988.
16. Hagen, L.J. (1991). A wind erosion prediction system to meet user needs. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 46: 106-111.
17. Hagen, L.J., Skidmore, E.L. & Saleh, A. (1992). Wind erosion: prediction of aggregate abrasion coefficients. Transactions of the ASAE, 35: 1847-1850.
18. Hu, D., Ready, R. & Pagoulatos, A. (1997). Dynamic optimal management of wind-erosive rangelands. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 79: 327-340.
19. Johansen, J.R. & St. Clair, L.L. (1986). Cryptogamic soil crusts: recovery from grazing near Camp Floyd State Park, Utah, USA. Great Basin Naturalist, 46: 632-640.
20. Kanemasu, E.T., Stewart, J.I., van Donk, S.J. & Virmani, S.M. (1990). Agroclimatic approaches for improving agricultural productivity in semiarid tropics. In: Dryland Agriculture: Strategies for Sustainability, pp. 273-309. Advances in Soil Science, Vol. 13. New York: Springer-Verlag. 373 pp.
21. Kemper, W.D. & Rosenau, R.C. (1986). Aggregate stability and size distribution. In: Klute, A. (Ed.), Methods of Soil Analysis, Part I. (2nd Edn), pp. 425-442. Agronomy Monograph 9. Madison, Wisconsin: ASA and SSSA. 1188 pp.
22. Krzysik, A. (1994). Biodiversity and the threatened/endangered/sensitive species of Fort Irwin, California: The National Training Center mission, training effects, and options for natural resources management and mitigation. Technical Report EN-94/07. Champaign, IL: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Construction Engineering Research Laboratories.
23. Le Barbe, L. & Lebel, T. (1997). Rainfall climatology of the HAPEX-Sahel region during the years 1950-1990. Journal of Hydrology, 188-189: 43-73.
24. Lyles, L., Dickerson, J.D. & Disrud, L.A. (1970). Modified rotary sieve for improved accuracy. Soil Science, 109: 207-210.
25. Milchunas, D.G., Schulz, K.A. & Shaw, R.B. (1999). Plant community responses to disturbance by mechanized military maneuvers. Journal of Environmental Quality, 28: 1533-1547.
26. Polis, G.A. (Ed.) (1991). The Ecology of Desert Communities. Tuscon, AZ: University of Arizona Press. 456 pp.
27. Skidmore, E.L. (1998). Wind erosion processes. In: Sivakumar, M.V.K., Zöbisch, M.A., Koala, S. & Maukonen, T. (Eds), Wind Erosion in Africa and West Asia: Problems and Control Strategies, pp. 137-142. Aleppo, Syria: ICARDA. 198 pp.
28. Skidmore, E.L. & Layton, J.B. (1992). Dry-soil aggregate stability as influenced by selected soil properties. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 56: 557-561.
29. Sterk, G. (1997). Wind erosion in the Sahelian Zone of Niger. Ph.D. dissertation, Wageningen University, the Netherlands. 151 pp.
30. USDA-NRCS (1997). MCAGCC Soil Survey. Twentynine Palms, CA: Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center.
31. Wagner, L.E. (2001). WEPS 1.0 - what it is and what it isn't. In: Ascough II, J.C. & Flanagan, D.C. (Eds), ASAE Soil Erosion Research for the 21st Century, an International Symposium and Exhibition, pp. 372-375, 3-5 January 2001, Honolulu, Hawaii.
32. Wagner, L.E. & Ding, D. (1994). Representing aggregate size distributions as modified lognormal distributions. Transactions of the ASAE, 37: 815-821.
33. Webb, R., Wilshire, H. & Henry, M. (1983). Natural recovery of soils and vegetation following human disturbance. In: Webb, R. & Wilshire, H. (Eds), Environmental Effects of Off-road Vehicles, pp. 279-302. New York: Springer-Verlag. 534 pp.
34. Wezel, A. & Haigis, J. (2000). Farmers' perception of vegetation changes in semi-arid Niger. Land Degradation and Development, 11: 523-534.
35. Whitecotton, R.C.A., David, M.B., Darmody, R.G. & Price, D.L. (2000). Impact of foot traffic from military training on soil and vegetation properties. Environmental Management, 26: 697-706.
36. Wu, L., Allmaras, R.R., Gimenez, D. & Huggins, D.M. (1997). Shrinkage and water retention characteristic in a fine-textured mollisol compacted under different axle loads. Soil and Tillage Research, 44: 179-194.