Unprecedented wind erosion and perturbation of surface geochemistry marks the Anthropocene in Australia

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 45-61

  Marx, Samuel K ^a,b   McGowan, Hamish A ^c   Kamber, Balz S ^d   Knight, Jon M ^e   Denholm, John ^f   Zawadzki, Atun ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^e GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f Snowy Hydro Limited   (Australia)

^g AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

agriculture metal pollution; biogeochemical cycles; environmental change; human impacts; soil loss; wind erosion

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DEPOSITION VELOCITY; DUST; ENRICHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; LAND DEGRADATION; MINERAL RESOURCE; MINING INDUSTRY; MIRE; PEAT; PERTURBATION; WIND EROSION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84895792460     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JF002948     Document Type: Article

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