Field evidence for differences in post-fire aeolian transport related to vegetation type in semi-arid grasslands

Aeolian Research

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages 3-10

  Ravi, Sujith ^a   Baddock, Matthew C ^b,c   Zobeck, Ted M ^c   Hartman, Joe ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dust emissions; Fire; Grasslands; Land degradation; Management; Wind erosion

Indexed keywords

DUST; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EOLIAN PROCESS; GRASSLAND; LAND DEGRADATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEMIARID REGION; SHRUB; SOIL EROSION; TRANSPORT PROCESS; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION TYPE; WILDFIRE; WIND EROSION;

CIMARRON NATIONAL GRASSLAND; KANSAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84869090002     PISSN: 18759637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aeolia.2011.12.002     Document Type: Article

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