Loss of soil and PM10 from agricultural fields associated with high winds on the Columbia Plateau

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 621-630

  Sharratt, B ^a   Feng, G ^a   Wendling, L ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Air quality; Columbia Plateau; PM10; Wind erosion; Windblown dust

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AGRICULTURE; AIR QUALITY; EROSION; LANDFORMS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

SOIL FLUX; WIND EROSION; WINDBLOWN DUST;

WIND EFFECTS;

AERODYNAMICS; AGRICULTURE; AIR QUALITY; EROSION; LANDFORMS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WIND EFFECTS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AIR QUALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; SOIL EROSION; WIND EROSION;

COLUMBIA PLATEAU; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 34247191523     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1425     Document Type: Article

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