Toward a more holistic perspective of soil erosion: Why aeolian research needs to explicitly consider fluvial processes and interactions

Aeolian Research

Volumn 1, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 9-17

  Field, Jason P ^a   Breshears, David D ^b   Whicker, Jeffrey J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Institute for the Study of Planet Earth   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeolian; Dust; Fluvial; Sediment; Water erosion; Wind erosion

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; EOLIAN PROCESS; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HOLISTIC APPROACH; LAND USE CHANGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL EROSION; WATER EROSION; WIND EROSION;

EID: 71049121058     PISSN: 18759637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aeolia.2009.04.002     Document Type: Review

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