The performance and sustainability of vehicle dust courses for military testing

Journal of Terramechanics

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 213-221

  Caldwell, Todd G ^a   McDonald, Eric V ^a   Bacon, Steven N ^a   Stullenbarger, Graham ^b  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b US Army Yuma Proving Ground   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DUST; LANDFORMS; LITHOLOGY; MILITARY VEHICLES; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; PAVEMENTS; SILT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TESTING;

ACTIVE AREAS; ATMOSPHERIC DUSTS; CYCLIC TESTS; DUST COLLECTED; DUST CONTENTS; DUST LAYERS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FINE PARTICULATES; FLOOD-PLAINS; HOT WEATHERS; MILITARY TESTING; SENSITIVE AREAS; SOIL SAMPLES; SURFACE PREPARATIONS; TACTICAL TESTS; UNDISTURBED SOILS; VEHICLE TRAFFICS; YUMA PROVING GROUNDS;

SOIL TESTING;

EID: 61449164766     PISSN: 00224898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jterra.2008.10.002     Document Type: Article

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