Increased wind erosion from forest wildfire: Implications for contaminant-related risks

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 468-478

  Whicker, Jeffrey J ^a   Finder III, John E ^b   Breshears, David D ^c  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEMS; EROSION; IMPURITIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; VEGETATION; WIND;

DUST FLUX; WATER-DRIVEN TRANSPORT; WILDFIRE;

FORESTRY;

ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DUST; ECOSYSTEM; FIRE; FOREST; INHALATION; NONHUMAN; PINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; VEGETATION; WIND EROSION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIRES; NEW MEXICO; PINUS PONDEROSA; TREES; WIND;

DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEMS; EROSION; FORESTRY; PLANTS; WIND;

PINUS PONDEROSA;

EID: 33644902055     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2005.0112     Document Type: Article

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