Articles | Volume 7, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-7-1233-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-7-1233-2016
Research article
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22 Aug 2016
Research article |  | 22 Aug 2016

Soil wind erosion in ecological olive trees in the Tabernas desert (southeastern Spain): a wind tunnel experiment

Carlos Asensio, Francisco Javier Lozano, Pedro Gallardo, and Antonio Giménez

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Climate and soil surface conditions influence the erosive capacity of the wind, causing loss of soil productivity. Wind erosion leads soil drying and its loss of nutrients, and this in turn is conditioned by soil surface compaction. The impact of management on most of soil properties and on its wind erodibility determines agricultural productivity and sustainability. We used a new wind tunnel to evaluate all these acts.