Arsenic concentrations in dust emissions from wind erosion and off-road vehicles in the Nellis Dunes Recreational Area, Nevada, USA

Aeolian Research

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages 77-89

  Soukup, Deborah ^a   Buck, Brenda ^a   Goossens, Dirk ^a,b   Ulery, April ^c   McLaurin, Brett T ^d   Baron, Dirk ^e   Teng, Yuanxin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Dust emission; Off road vehicles (ORVs); Soil; Wind erosion

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CLAY SOIL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; PARTICLE SIZE; SILTY SOIL; TRAFFIC EMISSION; WIND EROSION;

LAS VEGAS; NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861336557     PISSN: 18759637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aeolia.2011.11.001     Document Type: Article

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