Field wind erosion measurements with Big Spring Number Eight (BSNE) and Modified Wilson and Cook (MWAC) samplers

Geomorphology

Volumn 129, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 43-48

  Mendez, Mariano J ^a   Funk, Roger ^b   Buschiazzo, Daniel E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PAMPA   (Argentina)

^b LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

^c National Institute for Agricultural Technology (INTA)   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Big Spring Number Eight (BSNE); Field measurement; Modified Wilson and Cook (MWAC); Wind erosion

Indexed keywords

EOLIAN DEPOSIT; FIELD METHOD; MASS TRANSPORT; PARTICLE SIZE; SANDY LOAM; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WIND EROSION;

EID: 79953770139     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.01.011     Document Type: Article

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