Dust dynamics in off-road vehicle trails: Measurements on 16 arid soil types, Nevada, USA

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3458-3469

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dust; Emission; Off road driving; PM10; Wind erosion

Indexed keywords

DUST; EROSION; SAND; SILT; SOIL SURVEYS;

COARSENINGS; EMISSION; OFF-ROAD DRIVING; OFF-ROAD VEHICLES; PM10; SOIL TYPES; SUPPLY LIMITATIONS; TOP LAYERS; UNDISTURBED SOILS; WIND EROSIONS;

OFF ROAD VEHICLES;

DEFLATION; DUST; GRAIN SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SOIL EROSION; TOPSOIL; TRANSPORT PROCESS; WIND DIRECTION; WIND EROSION; WIND VELOCITY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESERT; DUST CONTROL; MOTOR VEHICLE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SAND; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL EROSION; SOIL PROPERTY; UNITED STATES;

NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; NEVADA; PARTICULATE MATTER; UNITED STATES; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 69249202284     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2009.05.031     Document Type: Article

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