Size distribution of windblown sediment emitted from agricultural fields in the Columbia Plateau

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1054-1060

  Sharratt, Brenton ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL FIELDS; AGRICULTURAL LAND; COLUMBIA PLATEAU; HIGH WINDS; HUMAN HEALTH; IN-SITU; MITIGATION STRATEGY; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; SIZE FRACTION; SOIL SURFACES; SUSPENSION COMPONENTS; VERTICAL SIZE; WIND EROSIONS; WIND VELOCITIES;

AGGLOMERATION; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; EROSION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOILS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; DIAMETER; FRACTIONATION; HEALTH RISK; SALTATION; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL SURFACE; WIND VELOCITY;

COLUMBIA PLATEAU; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); UNITED STATES;

EID: 83055171411     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2010.0337     Document Type: Article

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