Piedmonts and Tanks

Summary

Our research focuses quantifying short-term sediment transport rates on desert piedmonts and how military training activities impacted those rates. The study consists of 1600 numbered pebbles that were tracked by total station of 3 years. 4 locations were selected, an active training area at Ft. Irwin, a formerly impacted piedmont used during World War II, and two control piedmonts that were not used for training.

Persico et al., 2005