Dust emission by off-road driving: Experiments on 17 arid soil types, Nevada, USA

Geomorphology

Volumn 107, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 118-138

  Goossens, Dirk ^a,b   Buck, Brenda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dust; Emission; Nellis Dunes; Nevada; Off road driving

Indexed keywords

DUST; EMISSION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRAIN SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SOIL TYPE;

NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 64949113380     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.12.001     Document Type: Article

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