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Gaylord, D.R., A.J. Busacca, and M.R. Sweeney. 2003. The Palouse loess and the Channeled Scabland: A paired ice-age geologic system. p. 123-134. In D. Easterbrook (ed.) XVI INQUA Congress Field Trip Guidebook.

Busacca, A.J. and D. Chandler. 2002. Climate change and erosion by wind. p. 484-488. In R. Lal (ed.) Encyclopedia of Soil Science. Marcel Dekker, New York.

Chandler, D.G., K.E. Saxton, and A.J. Busacca. 2005. Predicting wind erodibility of loessial soils in the Pacific Northwest by particle sizing. Arid Land Research and Management 19:13-27. abstract

Stevenson, B.A., E.F. Kelly, E.V. McDonald, and A.J. Busacca. 2005. The stable carbon isotope composition of soil organic carbon and pedogenic carbonates along a bioclimatic gradient in the Palouse region, Washington State, USA. Geoderma 124:37-47. abstract

Sweeney, M.R., A.J. Busacca, and D.R. Gaylord. 2005. Topographic and climatic influences on accelerated loess accumulation since the last glacial maximum in the Palouse, Pacific Northwest, USA. Quaternary Research 63:261-273. abstract

Chandler, D., S. Blaesing-Thompson, and A. Busacca. 2004. Geospatial assessment of agricultural lands critical to air quality on the Columbia Plateau, Washington State. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 59:184-189. abstract

Sweeney, M.R., A.J. Busacca, C.A. Richardson, M. Blinnikov, and E.V. McDonald. 2004. Glacial anticyclone recorded in Palouse loess of northwestern United States. Geology 32:705-708. abstract

Chandler, D.G., K. Saxton, A. Busacca, and J. Kjelgaard. 2002. A technique to measure PM₁₀ and PM_2.5 emission potential from wind erosion. Soil Science Society of America Journal 66:1127-1133. abstract

Busacca, A.J., H.M. Marks, and R. Rossi. 2001. Volcanic glass in soils of the Columbia Plateau, Pacific Northwest U.S. Soil Science Society of America Journal 65:161-168. abstract

Marks, H. (Soil Science). 1997. Regional assessment of soil properties that influence wind erosion on the Columbia Plateau. M.S. thesis, Washington State University.

Sweeney, M.R. (Geology). 2004. Sedimentology, paleoclimatology, and geomorphology of a late Pleistocene-Holocene paired eolian system, Columbia Plateau. Ph.D. dissertation, Washington State University.

Busacca, A.J. 1998. Dust Aerosols, Loess Soils, and Global Change Conference Proceedings. Washington State University College of Agriculture and Home Economics Miscellaneous Publication MISC0190, Pullman, WA.

Busacca, A. 1998. Field Tour Guide: Wind erosion and air quality, loess deposits and geologic history of the Columbia Plateau. p. 150. Prepared for pre-meeting tour, Dust Aerosols, Loess Soils, and Global Change Conference, 11-14 October, Seattle WA.

Busacca, A.J., L. Wagoner, P. Mehringer, Jr., and M. Bacon. 1998. Effect of human activity on dustfall: A 1,300-year lake-core record of dust deposition on the Columbia Plateau, Pacific Northwest USA. p. 8-11. In A.J. Busacca (ed.) Dust Aerosols, Loess Soils, and Global Change. College of Agriculture and Home Economics Miscellaneous Publication MISC0190, Washington State University, Pullman, WA.

Kennedy, A.C. and A.J. Busacca. 1998. Biological Fingerprinting of Dust Aerosols. p. 49-50. In A.J. Busacca (ed.) Dust Aerosols, Loess Soils and Global Change. Washington State University, College of Agriculture and Home Economics Miscellaneous Publication no. MISC0190, Pullman, WA.

Lumpkin, T.A., and A.J. Busacca. 1998. The critical role of loess soils in the food supply of ancient and modern societies. p. 95-98. In A.J. Busacca (ed.) Dust Aerosols, Loess Soils, and Global Change. Washington State University College of Agriculture and Home Economics Miscellaneous Publication no. MISC0190, Pullman, WA.

Kennedy, A.C., and A.J. Busacca. 1995. Microbial analysis to identify source of PM10 material. In Particulate Matter: Health and Regulatory Issues: 49:670-679.

Sweeney, M.R., D.R. Gaylord, A.J. Busacca, C.A. Richardson, P. Reyerson, and M. Blinnikov. 2006. A new luminescence chronology and paleoecologic history of Holocene loess, Pacific Northwest, USA. Geological Society of America, Abstracts Programs, V. 38, No. 7.

Sweeney, M., D. Gaylord, and A. Busacca. 2006. Variable rates of latest Pleistocene to Holocene loess accumulation in the Pacific Northwest, USA. p. 95. International Conference on Aeolian Research. Program Abstracts, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada.

Dalman, K., A.J. Busacca, F.F. Foit, Jr., and D.R. Gaylord. 2005. Quaternary eolian sand dune, loess, and dust generated from texturally diverse latest glacial outburst flood deposits in the Quincy Basin, Washington. Geological Society of America, Abstracts Programs 92544, Vol. 37, No. 7.

Kennedy, A.C., A. Busacca, and T.L. Stubbs. 2003. Biological fingerprinting of soil for source identification. p. 50. Soil and Water Conservation Society, annual meeting, 28-31 July, Spokane, WA. SWCS Annual Conference Abstracts.

Richardson, C.A., D.C.W. Sanderson, and M.R. Sweeney. 2003. Dating loess – old and new techniques. p. 55. United Kingdom Luminescence and Electron Spin Resonance Meeting Abstracts.

Sweeney, M.R., D.R. Gaylord, A.J. Busacca, and B.A Halver. 2003. Eureka Flat: A long-term dust-production engine of the Palouse loess, Pacific Northwest, USA. p. 218. IXVI INQUA Congress Program with Abstracts.

Sweeney, M.R., A.J. Busacca, C.A. Richardson, M.S. Blinnikov, and E.V. McDonald. 2003. The Columbia Plateau dust engine during the last glacial maximum: Trouble with cold starts. p. 97. XVI INQUA Congress Program with Abstracts.

Sweeney, M.R., A.J. Busacca, and D.R. Gaylord. 2003. High accumulation rates and the generation of thick loess via topographic traps, Juniper Canyon, OR. Geological Society of America Program with Abstracts.

Gaylord, D.R., M.R. Sweeney, and A.J. Busacca. 2002. Geomorphic development of a late quaternary paired eolian sequence, Columbia Plateau, Washington. Geological Society of America, Abstract Program 34, no. 6, 109-2.

Sweeney, M.R., A.J. Busacca, D.R. Gaylord, and C. Zender. 2002. Provenance of Palouse loess related to late quaternary glacial outburst flooding in the Pacific Northwest. EOS Transactions AGU, 83(47), Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract H22B-0899.

Sweeney, M.R., A.J. Busacca, and D.R. Gaylord. 2002. Changes in loess-dune deposition in response to climate fluctuations on the Columbia Plateau, Washington. Geological Society of America Abstract Program 34, no. 5, A77.

Sweeney, M.R., D.R. Gaylord, and A.J. Busacca. 2001. Geomorphic, sedimentologic and bioclimatic models for loess accumulation on the Columbia Plateau, Pacific Northwest. In Geological Society of America, annual meeting abstracts with programs, Boston, MA. Abstract No. 26286.

Sweeney, M.R., A.J. Busacca, and D.R. Gaylord. 2000. Eolian facies of the Palouse region, Pacific Northwest: Clues to controls on thick loess accumulation. In Geological Society of America, annual meeting abstracts with programs, Reno, NV. Abstract No. 51164.

Blaesing-Thompson, S., A. Busacca, and D. Chandler. 2000. Wind erosion on the Columbia Plateau: A mappable solution. In Geological Society of America annual meeting abstracts with programs, Reno, NV. Abstract No. 50815.

Saxton, K.E., D.G. Chandler, and A.J. Busacca. 2000. Wind erosion of highly suspendible loessial soils. International Soil Conservation Organization, 11th International Conference, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Kennedy, A.C., A.J. Busacca and A.M. Ibekwe. 1997. Biomarkers for identification of displaced soil. Agronomy Abstracts. p. 204. Soil Science Society of America annual meeting, 27-30 October, Anaheim, CA. ASA, CSSA, and SSSA Abstracts.

Wagoner, L., A. Busacca, P. Mehringer, and M. Bacon. 1997. Modern and geologic rates of dust flux into Fourth of July Lake, Columbia Plateau, Southeastern Washington. Wind Erosion International Symposium, 3-5 June, Manhattan, KS.

Kennedy, A.C., A.J. Busacca, and C.S. Claiborn. 1996. Biological fingerprinting for source identification of displaced soil particles. Abstracts of 77th annual meeting of the Pacific Division, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Western Soil Science Society of America, San Jose, CA.