The Icelandic volcanic aeolian environment: Processes and impacts - A review

Aeolian Research

Volumn 20, Issue , 2016, Pages 176-195

  Arnalds, Olafur ^a,b   Dagsson Waldhauserova, Pavla ^a,c,d   Olafsson, Haraldur ^d,e  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b United Nations University Land Restoration Program   (Iceland)

^c CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^e ICELANDIC METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Climate; Deserts; Dust; Snow; Volcanic ash; Wind erosion

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEPOSITION; DESERTIFICATION; DUST; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; PARTICULATE MATTER; SNOW; STORM; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

ICELAND;

EID: 84959253084     PISSN: 18759637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aeolia.2016.01.004     Document Type: Review

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