Dust emission by off-road driving: Experiments on 17 arid soil types, Nevada, USA

Extreme sports in natural areas: looming disaster or a catalyst for a paradigm shift in land use planning?

“…Dirt bikes have an immediate, temporary impact on vegetation cover, species diversity and soil compaction (Liddle 1997, Kutiel et al 2000. Longer-term impacts include soil compaction and erosion (Priskin 2003), soil loss and structural change (Goossens and Buck 2009), and a reduction in fauna and flora abundance and/or diversity, either by direct impact collision, or due to habitat destruction (Moss andMcPhee, 2006, Groom et al 2007). Even at low intensity, impacts are higher than caused by walkers (Kutiel et al 2000), and similar to 4WDvehicles (Shaw andDiersing 1990, Rickard et al 1994).…”

A preliminary survey of carrion breeding insects associated with the Eid ul Azha festival in remote Pakistan

“…1). The high influx of dust due to vehicle driving [24] was perhaps one of the main factors that hastened the burial process at our primary study site A. Goat offal underwent natural burial at all primary sites, i.e., A-E, however, at site A burial was the fastest (Table 4).…”

“…In East Asia, Pakistan is a major source of dust along with China and Mongolia with the main causes of dust emission being wind erosion, agricultural activities and vehicle driving [24]. Our site A was adjoined to a major dust source in the form of the main mud paved road of CSMS (Fig.…”

Geomorphological Hazards in Drylands

“…Research suggests that ORV activity can induce dust emissions equivalent to 564 kg/km in one year for one vehicle used on a daily basis on an unpaved road (Frazer, 2003). Compared to undisturbed surfaces, Goossens and Buck (2009a) report typical dust emission values for ORVs on dry desert soils varying between 300 and 800 g/km on mixed terrain, although they found much higher values on silty soils (Goosens and Buck, 2009b).…”