Research of wind erosion intensity in the region of Subotica-Horgos sands

Velizar Velasevic; Ljubomir Letic

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Research of wind erosion intensity in the region of Subotica-Horgos sands

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Authors:

Velizar Velasevic, Ljubomir Letic

Year:

1991

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Pacific Southwest Research Station

Source:

In: Rice, Raymond M., technical coordinator. 1991. Proceedings of the IUFRO technical session on geomorphic hazards in managed forests; 5-11 August 1990; Montreal, Canada. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-130, Berkeley, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture; p. 79-82

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Abstract

Wind is an important erosional process in the areas of steppe-savanna climate in Europe as typified by the Bojvodina plain in Yugoslavia. Cultivated and forested plots on the Subotica-Horgos Sands were used to study aeolian erosion processes. Wind erosion on the cultivated plot was 3-29 times greater than that occurring on a plot planted to forest trees. That erosion results in important losses of humus and nutrients. A practical equation estimating wind erosion from wind parameters is presented.

Parent Publication

Proceedings of the IUFRO technical session on geomorphic hazards in managed forests: 5-11 August 1990: Montreal, Canada

Citation

Velasevic, Velizar; Letic, Ljubomir. 1991. Research of wind erosion intensity in the region of Subotica-Horgos sands. In: Rice, Raymond M., technical coordinator. 1991. Proceedings of the IUFRO technical session on geomorphic hazards in managed forests; 5-11 August 1990; Montreal, Canada. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-130, Berkeley, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture; p. 79-82