Soil Erosion Lab (West Lafayette, Ind.)
Organization
Dates
- Existence: 1981-
- Usage: 1981-
- Usage: 1981-
Historical Information
The Soil Erosion Lab is USDA-owned and sits on Purdue's land through a land lease with the federal government. It is a one-story building, containing about 35,000 square feet of space that is used for the study of soil erosion patterns and the infiltration of fertilizers into water supplies. The building contains a variety of research equipment, including a mechanism that can simulate the effect of ran on soil.