From dust bowl to dust bowl: Soils are still very much a frontier of science

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2037-2048

  Baveye, Philippe C ^a,b   Rangel, David ^a   Jacobson, Astrid R ^c   Laba, Magdeline ^d   Darnault, Christophe ^e   Otten, Wilfred ^b   Radulovich, Ricardo ^f   Camargo, Flavio A O ^g  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^e 1120 Science and Engineering Offices   (United States)

^f UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^g FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

20TH CENTURY; BROWN FIELDS; C SEQUESTRATION; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; CURRENT STATUS; DUST STORM; EROSION MITIGATION; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; HUMAN LIVES; MICRO-SCALE HETEROGENEITY; NO-TILL; PUBLIC OFFICIALS; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; SOIL PROCESS; SOIL RESEARCH; SOIL SCIENCE; URBAN SETTINGS;

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DUST; SOILS; STORMS;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

BROWNFIELD SITE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DUST STORM; FUTURE PROSPECT; HETEROGENEITY; RESEARCH WORK; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL SCIENCE; STUDENT; TOPSOIL; TOXICITY; TWENTIETH CENTURY; ZERO TILLAGE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 83055164459     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2011.0145     Document Type: Article

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