Alan Busacca

Dr. Alan Busacca
Professor of Pedology and Geology
Pedology and Quaternary Studies Laboratory
Dept. of Crop & Soil Sc.
Washington State Univ.
Pullman, WA 99164-6420
United States of America


Phone: +1 509 335 1859
Fax: +1 509 335 8674


Key Publications of Alan Busacca (up to ten) :
O’Geen, A.T., and A. J. Busacca. 2001. Faunal burrows as indicators of paleo-vegetation in eastern Washington, U.S.A. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology 169:23-37. Blinnikov, Mikhail, Alan Busacca, and Cathy Whitlock. 2002. Reconstruction of the late-Pleistocene grassland of the Columbia basin, Washington, USA, based on phytolith records in loess. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 177:77-101. 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. Busacca, A. J. and D. Chandler. 2002. Climate Change and Erosion by Wind. pp. 484-488 In R. Lal (ed.), The Encyclopedia of Soil Science. Marcel Dekker, New York. Busacca, A.J., J. Beget, D. R. Muhs, H. Markewitch, N. Lancaster, and M. Sweeney. 2003. Eolian Sediments. pp. 275-310. In A.R. Gillespie, S.C. Porter, and B.F. Atwater (eds), The Quaternary Period in the United States. Developments in Quaternary Science 1. Elsevier Press, Amsterdam, 830p.


Expertise of Alan Busacca:

Expertise Category	Specific Expertise
Expert Type	Scientific / Fundamental Research
Topic Pedosphere	Pedosphere
	Soil Formation
	Soil Degradation / Erosion / Desertification
	Geology / Sediments
Spatial Zones	Spatial Zones
	Mountain / Highland
	Lowland
Spatial Scale	Spatial Scale
	Continental
Time Frame	Past
	Recent / Today
	Future
Statistical Focus	Mean Change / Trends
Time Scale	Millenial
	100 kyr
	Billenial (Mio yrs)
Methods	Data Collection
	Data Collection - Measurement
	Data Analysis
	Literature Study

Last update: 12/15/11
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