Dust emission variability at the Salton Sea, California, USA

Aeolian Research

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 67-79

  King, James ^a   Etyemezian, Vic ^a   Sweeney, Mark ^b   Buck, Brenda J ^c   Nikolich, George ^a  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b University of South Dakota   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeolian; Emission inventory; Fugitive dust; PM10; Wind tunnel; Windblown dust

Indexed keywords

DUST; EOLIAN PROCESS; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHORELINE; SOIL PROPERTY; SPATIAL VARIATION; WIND TUNNEL;

CALIFORNIA; SALTON SEA; UNITED STATES;

THORACICA;

EID: 79957557024     PISSN: 18759637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aeolia.2011.03.005     Document Type: Article

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