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Misak, R.F., Al-Awadhi, J.M. and Al-Sudairawi, M. (2001) Assessing and Controlling Land Degradation in Kuwaiti Desert Ecosystem. In: Al-Sarawi, M. and Massoud, M., Eds., The Impact of Environmental Pollution on Development in the Gulf Region, II, Environmental Public Authority, State of Kuwait, 209-223.

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• TITLE: Influence of Land Degradation on the Local Rate of Dust Fallout in Kuwait

  AUTHORS: Jasem M. Al-Awadhi, Ali M. Al-Dousari, Fikry I. Khalaf

  KEYWORDS: Dust Fallout, Vegetation Cover, Degraded Area, Wind Deflation

  JOURNAL NAME: Atmospheric and Climate Sciences, Vol.4 No.3, July 28, 2014

  ABSTRACT: The rate of dust fallout was monitored during a period from August 2009 to July 2011 in protected (closed) and non-protected/open (unenclosed) areas in the northern desert of Kuwait. The dust fallout rates on degraded and protected sites were on average 18.8 and 44.1 g·m-2·month-1, respectively. Higher rate of dust fallout in protected area may be attributed to biologic factors that are responsible for relative abundance of fine-grained sediment accumulations (Mostly silty sand). Wind deflation of fine grained sediment fractions and development of coarse-grained surface lag deposits in degraded area may be accountable for the reduction of its potentiality for suspended dust. The study indicates the importance of the vegetation cover in regulating sediment availability for atmospheric dust emission.