Soil Erosion: Dust Control and Sand Stabilization

Dear Colleagues,

Soil erosion by wind is significant to the Earth systems and the quality of human life. Climate change of drier conditions is associated with desertification and, thus, increased dust emission from soils and sand-dune transport. Moreover, many soils throughout the world are subjected to the impacts of rapid population growth and extensive land uses, including agricultural fields, grazing areas, unpaved roads, mines and quarries, waste soils, active sand dunes and sand sheets, and more. There is a strong interest in understanding the factors and processes of soil erosion by wind as well as in developing and applying methods to control dust emission from soils and to stabilize active sands. This Special Issue on soil erosion invites novel and original articles based on physical and chemical theories, field and laboratory experimental, soil analyses, and/or statistical and mathematical modeling that advance our knowledge on dust control and sand stabilization.   

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Applications of natural and synthetic materials to reduce dust emission;
• Development of materials and methods for dust control and sand stabilization;
• Distribution of atmospheric particulate matter (PM) from dust sources;
• Integration of experimental methods and modeling in dust emission;
• Impacts of dust control applications on the soil quality and the environments;
• Quantification of the efficiency in dust control and sand stabilization applications.

Prof. Itzhak Katra
Guest Editor

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