Geospatial assessment of agricultural lands critical to air quality on the Columbia Plateau, Washington State

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 184-189

  Chandler, D G ^a   Blaesing Thompson, S ^b   Busacca, A ^c  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air quality; Erosion mapping; Loess soils; PM10; Wind erosion

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; AIR QUALITY; EROSION CONTROL; LOESS; PARTICULATE MATTER; SOIL EROSION;

COLUMBIA PLATEAU; NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 4644318744     PISSN: 00224561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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