Soil Aggregate and Texture Effects on Suspension Components from Wind Erosion

Abstract

Many detrimental impacts are caused by the suspension‐size (r² = 0.87). Content of SSD in the total mass abraded from clods in a wind tunnel ranged from 14 to 27%. This range was relatively narrow, but related to parent soil clay content (r² = 0.69). Saltation‐size aggregates were about nine times more stable than target clods of the same soils. However, the production of SSD based on breakage coefficients of saltating aggregates was also related to clay content of the parent soils (r² = 0.96).