Dust emission from wet and dry playas in the Mojave Desert, USA

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1811-1827

  Reynolds, Richard L ^a   Yount, James C ^a   Reheis, Marith ^a   Goldstein, Harland ^a   Chavez Jr , Pat ^b   Fulton, Robert ^c   Whitney, John ^a   Fuller, Christopher ^d   Forester, Richard M ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dust; Evaporite minerals; Mojave desert; Playa; Wind erosion

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; LAKES; LANDFORMS; PHOTOGRAPHY; RAIN; WIND EFFECTS;

AUTOMATED DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY; DUST EMISSION; WIND EROSION;

SEDIMENTS;

CATCHMENTS; LAKES; LANDFORMS; PHOTOGRAPHY; RAIN; SEDIMENTS; WIND EFFECTS;

DUST; EVAPORITE; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGY; PLAYA; WATER DEPTH; WATER TABLE; WIND EROSION;

MOJAVE DESERT; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35748953162     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1515     Document Type: Article

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