Effects of salt mineralogy on dust emissions, Salton sea, California

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1971-1985

  Buck, Brenda J ^a   King, James ^b   Etyemezian, Vicken ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; CRYSTAL HABITS; DUST EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HIGH WATER TABLE; IN-SITU; MIRABILITE; PRISMATIC CRYSTALS; SALT CRYSTALS; SALT MINERALS; SALTON SEA; SCANNING ELECTRONS; SEM-EDS; SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS; WIND EROSIONS; X RAY SPECTROMETRY;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CRYSTALS; DUST; EROSION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICATE MINERALS; UNDERWATER MINERALOGY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

CRYSTAL PROPERTY; DISSOLUTION; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EOLIAN PROCESS; EROSION RATE; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MINERAL; MINERALOGY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SALT; SHORELINE; VULNERABILITY; WATER TABLE;

CALIFORNIA; SALTON SEA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 82955168300     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2011.0049     Document Type: Article

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