The impact of vegetation removal by oil and gas development on wind erosion and dust emission in the Upper Colorado River Basin
Gayle Tyree1, Adrian Chappell2, Miguel L Villarreal3, Saroj Dhital4, Michael Duniway5, Brandon L Edwards4, Akasha Faist6, Travis Nauman7 and Nicholas Webb4, (1)New Mexico State University, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Las Cruces, United States, (2)Cardiff University, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Cardiff, United Kingdom, (3)U.S. Geological Survey, Western Geographic Science Center, Mountain View, United States, (4)USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range, Las Cruces, United States, (5)US Geological Survey, Southwest Biological Science Center, Moab, United States, (6)University of Montana, Department of Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences, Missoula, United States, (7)USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Monticello, United States
