Control of Roadbank Erosion in the Southern Piedmont<sup>1</sup>

Richardson, E. C.; Diseker, E G

doi:10.2134/agronj1961.00021962005300050007x

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Erosion control at construction sites on red clay soils

Lemly

1982

Environmental Management

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Five single-treatment methods used to stabilize seeded areas at urban and highway construction sites (asphalttacked straw, jute netting, mulch blanket, wood chips, excelsior blanket) were tested for their ability to control erosion of red clay soils by comparisons with exposed sites and multiple treatments. Sediment in runoff from experimental plots was characterized during low and high intensity precipitation from natural rainfall episodes during April, May, and June. Reductions in the total sediment concentration of runoff ranged from 28 percent (asphalt-tacked straw, 50 percent slope) to 90 percent (multiple treatments, 40 percent slope), with ->85 percent of the eroded material composed of particles <0.04 rnm in diameter. Larger size fractions were effectively reduced by all treatments tested regardless of slope (>--70 percent decrease). Established grass cover exceeded 90 percent on all plots after 60 days, but sediment release remained similar, attributable to high intensity rainfall, poor establishment of root systems, and piping on plots treated with tacked straw or jute netting. Results indicate that current stabilization methods shift sediment compostion toward a smaller particle size, causing single treatments to be minimally effective for controlling erosion of the major component of red clay soils. Because small particles have the greatest direct effect on aquatic biota, certain impacts of sedimentation may not be measurably lessened by single treatments in regions where red clays predominate even though the total sediment load is reduced by as much as 75 percent. Clearly, a multiple-treatment approach offers significantly greater control of erosion on red clay soils, however, current economic and construction policy represents a substantial deterrent to implementation.

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Erosion control at construction sites on red clay soils

Lemly

1982

Environmental Management

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Establishment of Low Maintenance Vegetation in Highway Corridors

Booze-Daniels

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Schmidt

et al. 2015

Agronomy Monographs

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This book is a complete revision of the first edition with the same title. With a few exceptions, different authors than those of the first edition have written the chapters in this edition. These revisions follow significant changes in the coal mining reclamation requirements as a result of passage and implementation of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA, Public Law 95-87). Passage of this law essentially made many chapters of the first edition out of date by the time the book was published in 1978. The first edition (F.W. Schaller and P. Sutton, editors) was largely the result of proceedings from the Wooster, Ohio, symposium. This edition is a cooperative effort of the American Society for Surface Mining and Reclamation (ASSMR) and the American Society of Agronomy as a part of mutual liaison activities between these two societies. Chapters and senior authors were suggested to the editorial committee by action of an ad hoc committee of ASSMR.

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