Present and past soil erosion rates in catchments of the Kraichgau area (SW-Germany)

Clemens, Gerhard; Stahr, Karl

doi:10.1016/0341-8162(94)90023-x

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“…They make up 27% of total area according to medium-scale soil maps (1:25,000), which means erosion is or at least was a severe problem. Additionally, much higher erosion rates (25-115 t ha − 1 yr − 1 ) had been measured in plot and field scale studies (Quist, 1984;Dikau, 1986;Clemens and Stahr, 1994) due to the pronounced hilly terrain and silty soils of high erodibility.…”

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“…2. From the remaining area depressions were clipped out as sedimentation zones; under a medium-to longterm pedogenic perspective these sites are not susceptible to erosion, i.e., also "non-erosion areas" (Clemens and Stahr, 1994). 3.…”

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“…The meaning of depressions-as delineated by terrain analysis-in terms of sedimentation areas was checked with the help of medium scale soil maps (1:25,000) for almost half of "Kraichgau". Soil map units dominated by colluvial soils ("Kolluvisols" in German Soil Classification, DBG, 1998) were interpreted as areas of sedimentation, which is feasible for a time scale of decades to centuries (Clemens and Stahr, 1994).…”

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“…Truncated soil profiles are the result of soil erosion processes, whereas buried soil profiles can be used to quantify sediment deposition. Similar approaches to quantify historic soil erosion volumes have been applied before (Trimble, 1975;Lewis and Lepele, 1982;Clemens and Stahr, 1994). For a detailed description of this method, reference is made to Rommens et al (2005).…”

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A temporarily changing Holocene sediment budget for a loess-covered catchment (central Belgium)

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This study presents a Holocene sediment budget for the Nethen catchment, a typical river catchment (55 km 2 ) in the Belgian loess belt. Soil erosion and hillslope sediment storage are quantified by extrapolating detailed data obtained from soil profile truncation studies in three representative zero-order sub catchments. Floodplain sediment storage is estimated by augerings along several transects across the main river and some of its tributaries. The sediment budget shows that ca. 38% of the soil eroded during the Holocene is redeposited as colluvium on hillslopes and in dry valley bottoms. Another 23% of the eroded sediment is now stored as alluvium in the floodplain. The remaining 39% or 21 × 10 6 Mg is exported from the catchment. Dating of both colluvial and alluvial sediment deposits reveals that sediment dynamics between the hillslopes, the dry valley bottoms and the floodplain behave highly non-linearly. Before~500 BC, sediment delivery from the hillslopes to the river channels was near maximum. However, since the onset of significant agriculture in the Late Bronze Age-Early Iron Age, increased rates of soil erosion are only reflected in the colluvium, but not in the floodplain, resulting in very low hillslope sediment delivery ratios. From the Medieval period onwards, soil erosion increased even further, mainly as a result of a further increase in agricultural land use, but now also accelerated floodplain sedimentation took place due to an improved slope-channel coupling and the management of floodplains.

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“…Geochemical analyses of sediments filling depressions and small valleys were also used in geomorphological studies to estimate the present-day landscape evolution and soil erosion intensity (Clemens and Stahr 1994;Gillijns et al 2005;Dobrowolski et al 2010;Augustinus et al 2010;Nehyba et al 2010;Zádorová et al 2013). …”

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Impact of microtopography on the geochemistry of soils within archaeological sites in SE Poland

Zgłobicki

2013

Environ Earth Sci

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The geochemical record of human impact within three archaeological sites in SE Poland was analysed. The total levels of Cd, Cu, Pb, Zn and P were defined. The content of the studied elements was found to be higher than the determined geochemical background. In all cases, significantly higher concentrations (2-3 times) of trace metals were found in sediments filling small depressions and foot-slope locations. These concentrations were often higher than in the profiles within the archaeological objects. The vertical distributions of elements were also different from soil profiles located on flat surfaces. The study thus confirms that microtopography and soil erosion may impact (diversify) the initial horizontal and vertical variation of geochemistry of soils within archaeological sites caused by human activity. This should be taken into account when using geochemical prospecting in archaeological studies in areas with varied topography.

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Present and past soil erosion rates in catchments of the Kraichgau area (SW-Germany)

Cited by 42 publications

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Influence of soil pattern on matter transport in and from terrestrial biogeosystems—A new concept for landscape pedology

Influence of soil pattern on matter transport in and from terrestrial biogeosystems—A new concept for landscape pedology

A temporarily changing Holocene sediment budget for a loess-covered catchment (central Belgium)

Impact of microtopography on the geochemistry of soils within archaeological sites in SE Poland

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