Wind Erosion: Problem, Processes, and Control

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Wind erosion : Problem, Processes, and Control 2 John Tatarko Soil Scientist USDA-Agricultural Research Service Engineering and Wind erosion Research Unit 1515 College Avenue Manhattan, Kansas 66502 Phone: 785-537-5542 Email: Table of Contents Introduction ........................................ ........................................ ....................................... 3 The Problem ........................................ ........................................ ...................................... 4 The Dust Bowl ........................................ ........................................ ................................ 5 Damage from Wind erosion ........................................ ........................................ ........... 5 Wind erosion Processes ........................................ ........................................ ................... 7 Wind.

Wind Erosion Processes ... This protection allows particles eroding from the upper positions to be trapped in the lower positions. Vegetative material, either live or dead, also absorbs wind energy near the soil surface and can trap moving soil particles.

  Protection, Erosion