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These data are annual aeolian dust deposition calculations from vertical deposition at seven locations near the vicinity of Moab, Utah covering the period from 1999 to 2020. Data were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center (Denver, Colorado) and Southwest Biological Science Center (Moab, Utah) to "monitor sediment characteristics at sites selected to illuminate the relations between dust sources, present climate, and land use patterns" (Reheis 2003). The sites selected represent various land uses and land ownership including private land, multiple-use public lands, and restricted use National Parks. From 1999-2013 samples were sent to the Geosciences and Environmental...
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These are physical and geochemical (elemental, strontium isotope) data from dust and sediments collected from the Salt Lake Valley, Utah between 2018 and 2019. Data were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey Utah Water Science Center (West Valley City, Utah) to examine contributions of dust from the dry lakebed of Great Salt Lake, other regional playas, and anthropogenic sources to passive dust samplers deployed throughout the rapidly growing cities at the foot of the central Wasatch Mountains, referred to as the Wasatch Front. The samples were processed at the Utah Water Science Center and geochemical analysis was performed at the University of Utah's ICP-MS Metals and Strontium Isotope Facility (Salt Lake City,...
Dust storms have a number of impacts upon the environment including radiative forcing, and biogeochemical cycling. They transport material over many thousands of kilometres. They also have a range of impacts on humans, not least on human health. In recent years the identification of source areas for dust storms has been an important area or research, with the Sahara (especially Bodélé) and western China being recognised as the strongest sources globally. Another major development has been the recognition of the degree to which dust storm activity has varied at a range of time scales, millennial, century, decadal, annual and seasonal. Published in Journal of Environmental Management, volume 90, issue 1, on pages...
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These are physical and geochemical (elemental, strontium isotope) data from dust and sediments collected from and around Great Salt Lake, Utah. Data were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey Utah Water Science Center (West Valley City, Utah) to better understand the degree to which populations in northern Utah are affected by Great Salt Lake dust, dust from other sources, and metals pollution. The samples were processed at the Utah Water Science Center and geochemical analysis was performed at the University of Utah's ICP-MS Metals and Strontium Isotope Facility (Salt Lake City, Utah). These data can be used to evaluate the spatial variability of dust and metals deposition to urban areas and natural ecosystems...


    map background search result map search result map Long-term annual aeolian dust deposition data from seven locations in southeastern Utah Dust and sediment data from Great Salt Lake and the Wasatch Front, Utah, 2018-19 Dust and sediment data from Great Salt Lake and northern Utah, 2022 Long-term annual aeolian dust deposition data from seven locations in southeastern Utah Dust and sediment data from Great Salt Lake and northern Utah, 2022 Dust and sediment data from Great Salt Lake and the Wasatch Front, Utah, 2018-19