This paper reports the field methods used for measuring the soil loss, and soil flux distribution of wind erosion in Naiman, Inner Mongolia, China. Typical erosion rates on crop land reach 30 to 200 t ha -1 from winter to next spring. Increasing residue cover reduces the erosion. In eroded land, fine soil particles, soil organic matter and nutrients declined. In contrast, the pH value increased.
Wind erosion impacts soil properties more severely on eroded sites than on deposition sites.