Dust supply varies with sagebrush microsites and time since burning in experimental erosion events

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Sankey, Joel B ^a   Germino, Matthew J ^a,b   Glenn, Nancy F ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; BURNING; CARBON EMISSION; DUST; EROSIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RANGELAND; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHRUB; SNOWMELT; STEPPE; WILDFIRE; WIND EROSION; WIND TUNNEL;

IDAHO; UNITED STATES;

ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA;

EID: 84857065480     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JG001724     Document Type: Article

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