Measurement of erosion: Is it possible?

Stroosnijder, L.

doi:10.1016/j.catena.2005.08.004

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“…According to Stroosnijder (2005), erosion measurements should not be replaced with the application of erosion prediction technology. But a paucity of reliable empirical data has rendered erosion measurements nearly unavailable.…”

Section: Soil Wind Erosion Measurementmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…1). The field-surveyed vegetation coverage could be measured by using high-precision and high-efficiency digital photography (Ackerman 1997;Zhou et al 1998;Stroosnijder 2005;Chen et al 2006). For this study, we used a Pentax A20 digital camera as the observing instrument and fixed it at 3 m above the surface.…”

Section: Measurement Of Vegetation Coveragementioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, the models used in these studies do not necessarily perform better than our model, which might be explained by the fact that the relationship between wind erosion with the model variables remains unclear or is very hard to determine (Woodruff and Siddoway 1965;Dong 1998). For this reason, collecting sufficient empirical data of adequate quality and finding the most sensitive factor may be more helpful than using multiple factors to build a regional wind erosion model (Stroosnijder 2005). Among the factors, vegetation has been widely acknowledged as the most sensitive factor because of its importance when soil and climate are similar over an area (such as our study area) or vary slowly.…”

Section: Quantitative Retrieval Of Wind Erosionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The scale of soil erosion has thus created an urgent need for effective estimations of wind erosion in drylands as a step in easing the trend of desertification. The quantitative measurement of wind erosion is in this way central to both the scientific study of wind erosion (Toy et al 2002;Stroosnijder 2005) and the formulation of a wind erosion control plan to address desertification globally.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The measurement of wind erosion through field survey and remote sensing: a case study of the Mu Us Desert, China

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The measurement of wind erosion is not only important to understand wind erosion itself, but also an important scientific step in efforts to reverse the process of desertification. This study develops a model that predicts sand transport flux at pixel level based on the quantitative relationship between remotely sensed vegetation coverage and observed sand transport rate data. The data were collected from field surveys in the sandy area of Yuyang County, which is located in the Mu Us Desert. The study found that the sand transport flux was 9,643 kilograms per meter annually (kga -1 m -1 ) for a mobile dune, 6,394 kga -1 m -1 for a semi-mobile dune, 2,634.5 kga -1 m -1 for bare cultivated land, and 127.7 kga -1 m -1 for a semi-fixed dune. Using the sand flux derived by our model, the wind erosion modulus in the Yuyang sandy area was found to be 1 123Nat Hazards (2015) 76:1497-1514 DOI 10.1007/s11069-014-1516 increased in the region, while decreasing in some areas, and that the vegetation coverage incensement failed to reduce the quantity of regional wind erosion. This sand flux retrieval method has the potential for successful application in other, similar areas.

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Section: Soil Wind Erosion Measurementmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Measurement Of Vegetation Coveragementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Quantitative Retrieval Of Wind Erosionmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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“…Evidence of the impact of soil erosion on agricultural land along with its off-site impacts (i.e., siltation, diffuse pollution, water eutrophication) is mounting. This emphasizes the need for a quantitative assessment of recent erosion rates to develop and assess erosion control technology and to allocate conservation resources and develop conservation regulation policies and programs (Stroosnijder 2005;Pimentel et al 1995;Schuller et al 2007).…”

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Check dam sediments: an important indicator of the effects of environmental changes on soil erosion in the Loess Plateau in China

Wang

Chen

et al. 2014

Environ Monit Assess

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Check dam sediments document the process of soil erosion for a watershed. The main objectives of this research are as follows: first, to determine whether the sediments trapped in check dams can provide useful information about local erosion and the environment, and second, to obtain the extent to which they can be stratigraphically interpreted and correlated to the land use history of an area controlled by check dams. Particle size and the concentration of 137 Cs in sediments are the indicators used to study the effects of environmental changes on soil erosion in the Loess Plateau, China. A total of 216 soil samples were collected from four sediment profile cores at the Yangjuangou watershed check dam constructed in 1955 and fully silted with sediments by 1965. The results indicated that 137 Cs dating and sediment particle size can characterize the sediment deposition process. Silt makes up more than 50 % of the sediment; both the clay and silt sediment fractions decrease gradually in the upstream direction. The sediment profiles are characterized by three depositional layers. These layers suggest changes in the land use. The top layer showed tillage disturbance, with moderate sediments and new soil mixed from 0 to 20 cm. A transition stage from wetlands (characterized by vegetation such as bulrush) to cropland is inferred from sediments at depths of 20-85 cm. Below 85 cm, sedimentary layering is obvious and there is no tillage disturbance. At the downstream site, A0, the average rate of sediment deposition from 1958 to 1963 was approximately 6,125.4 t year −1 km −2 . Because of their high time resolution, check dam sediments indicate the effects of environmental changes on soil erosion, and they can provide a multiyear record of the soil erosion evolution at the local scale in the middle reaches of the Yellow River.

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Effect of no‐tillage on soil redistribution estimated by beryllium‐7, soil moisture, and carbon fractions loss in central Benin

Akplo,

Kouelo Alladassi,

Zoundji

et al. 2024

Agrosystems Geosci & Env

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Soil erosion has become one of the most common environmental problems and threatens food security. This study assessed the short‐term effect of tillage and mulch on soil redistribution using the beryllium‐7 method, soil moisture distribution, and soil organic carbon loss through soil erosion in typical agroecological conditions of Benin. The experiment was conducted on acrisols (at Dan) and ferralsols (at Za‐zounmè) in central Benin. Three tillage practices slope ridging (SR), contour ridging (CR), and no‐tillage (NT), and three mulch doses 0 (0 M), 3 (3 M), and 7 t ha−1 (7 M) on soil erosion under maize were investigated. The results showed a tillage and mulch interaction significantly (p < 0.05) influencing the soil redistribution, the loss of total carbon, the carbon of the particulate organic matter (C_POM), and the carbon content of the fine organic matter (C_MOM). High soil erosion was observed under SR0M (−10.19 t ha−1) at Dan and under NT0M (−7.36 t ha−1) at Za‐zounmè. NT7M (0.80 t ha−1), SR7M (0.69 t ha−1), CR3M (2.07 t ha−1), and CR7M (4.05 t ha−1) showed deposition at Dan, while SR7M (0.23 t ha−1), NT7M (1.69 t ha−1), and CR7M (3.93 t ha−1) showed deposition at Za‐zounmè. C_MOM was lost on both sites. Mulch increases soil moisture for all three tillage treatments, and this effect is well pronounced especially if the amount of mulch is great. This study revealed useful information to be taken into consideration when developing soil and water conservation management strategies in Benin.

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Measurement of erosion: Is it possible?

Cited by 191 publications

References 9 publications

The measurement of wind erosion through field survey and remote sensing: a case study of the Mu Us Desert, China

The measurement of wind erosion through field survey and remote sensing: a case study of the Mu Us Desert, China

Check dam sediments: an important indicator of the effects of environmental changes on soil erosion in the Loess Plateau in China

Effect of no‐tillage on soil redistribution estimated by beryllium‐7, soil moisture, and carbon fractions loss in central Benin

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