Spatially and temporally assessing event-based wind erosion in adjacent plots of fallow and wheat cultivation in the Central Anatolia, Turkey

Uzun, Oğuzhan; Kaplan, Sema; Ince, Kenan; Başaran, Mustafa; Erpul, Günay

doi:10.1080/03650340.2020.1849624

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“…Furthermore, wind erosion brings great harm to industrial and agricultural production. Therefore, the measurement and prevention of wind erosion are crucial for sustainable land use and environmental protection (Uzun et al, 2020).…”

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Effect of tillage management on the wind erosion of arable soil in the Chinese Mollisol region

Chen

Zhang

et al. 2022

Front. Environ. Sci.

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Wind erosion is a serious problem in agricultural regions and threatens the regional food production in Northeast China. However, limited information is available on the characteristics of wind erosion in arable soil in Northeast China. As a result, field-based research during periods of vulnerability to wind erosion is essential. This study quantified the characteristics of soil wind erosion under no-tillage (NT) and conventional tillage (CT) treatments in China’s northern “corn-belt.” The results determined the wind erosion transport mode of Mollisols to be generally characterized by creep and supplemented by saltation and suspension in Northeast China. The erodible particles of the creep accounted for 80.37% and 85.42% of the total wind erosion under the NT and CT treatments, respectively. During experiments with erodible particles in the saltation mode from the soil surface to 2 m, the majority of the particles were collected by the sampler at 0.5 m height, with the NT and CT treatments collecting 5.82 kg·m−2 and 6.93 kg·m−2 of erodible particles per unit area, respectively. Wind erosion on agricultural land was observed to be influenced by tillage practices, rainfall, wind speed, and soil moisture content. Average and maximum wind speeds exhibited significant positive correlations with wind erosion during April and May. Moreover, the erodible particles of each wind erosion transport mode (creep, saltation, and suspension) under CT were higher (1.73, 1.41, and 1.35 times) than those under the NT treatment. With less damage and greater protection of the surface soil, the NT treatment was able to decrease the occurrence of wind erosion and influence its outcome on farmland. Therefore, NT treatment should be encouraged as a key initiative for the reduction of wind erosion of arable soil in the Chinese Mollisol region.

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Effect of tillage management on the wind erosion of arable soil in the Chinese Mollisol region

Chen

Zhang

et al. 2022

Front. Environ. Sci.

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“…Human activities change the ecological environment and often result in intensive soil erosion [7]. The existing studies on soil erosion aggravated by human activities mainly include irrational cultivation [8,9] and overgrazing [10] due to their distinct influences on land, such as roughness reduction [11] and crust destruction [12]. In addition to these human activities, wind erosion is also affected by other rural land uses [13], such as residences and roads, but few studies have been conducted on such subjects.…”

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The Impact of Residences and Roads on Wind Erosion in a Temperate Grassland Ecosystem: A Spatially Oriented Perspective

Zhou

Zhang

et al. 2022

IJERPH

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The existence of residences and roads is an important way in which human activity affects wind erosion in arid and semiarid environments. Studies assessing the impact of these elements on wind erosion have only focused on limited plots, and their threat of erosion to the surrounding environment has been ignored by many studies. This study was based on spatially overlayed analysis of independent wind erosion distribution simulated by the revised wind erosion equation (RWEQ) and remote-sensing-image-derived residence and road distribution data. Wind erosion at different distances from residences and roads was quantified at the landscape scale of a typical temperate grassland ecosystem, explicitly demonstrating the crucial impacts of both elements on wind erosion. The results showed that wind erosion weakened as the distance from residences and roads increased due to the priority pathways of human activities, and the wind erosion around the residence was more severe than around the road. Human activities in the buffer zones 0–200 m from the residences most frequently caused severe wind erosion, with a wind soil loss of 25 t ha−1 yr−1 and a wind soil loss of approximately 5.25 t ha−1 yr−1 for 0–60 m from the roads. The characteristics of wind erosion variation in the buffer zones were also affected by residence size and the environments in which the residences were located. The variation in wind erosion was closely related to the road levels. Human activities intensified wind erosion mainly by affecting the soil and vegetation around residences and roads. Ecological management should not be limited to residences and roads but should also protect the surrounding environments. The findings of this study are aimed towards a spatial perspective that can help implement rational and effective environmental management measures for the sustainability of wind-eroded ecosystems.

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“…Some researchers, e.g., References [48][49][50] believed that precipitation and evapotranspiration play an important role, but Reference [51] proved that sand dunes in desert areas are only affected by the wind regime. Furthermore, sediments carried by aeolian processes cause damage and detrimental effects on agricultural lands, residential areas, roads, filling drainage, and irrigation canals, reducing fertility and causing dangerous diseases [11,52,53]. In recent years, numerous numeric models have been developed associated with different aspects of wind erosion processes, such as: wind speed [54][55][56] and sand mobility [51,57].…”

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Monitoring Sand Drift Potential and Sand Dune Mobility over the Last Three Decades (Khartouran Erg, Sabzevar, NE Iran)

Rahdari

Rodríguez-Seijo

2021

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Aeolian sediments cover about 6% of the earth’s surface, of which 97% occur in arid regions, and these sediments cover about 20% of the world’s lands. Sand drifts can harm sensitive ecosystems; therefore, this research has aimed to study wind regimes and the monitoring of sand drift potential and dune mobility in the Khartouran Erg (NE Iran). The study investigated 30 years of wind speed and direction to better understand sand dune mobility processes using the Fryberger and Tsoar methods. The results of the wind regime study showed that the eastern (33.4%) and northeastern (14.3%) directions were more frequent, but the study of winds greater than the threshold (6 m/s) in winter, spring, and autumn indicated the dominance of eastern and northern wind directions. Findings of calm winds showed that winters (40.4%) had the highest frequency, and summers (15%) had the lowest frequency; the annual frequency was 30%. The average wind speed in summers was the highest (4.38 m/s), and, in the winters, it was the lowest (2.28 m/s); the annual average wind speed was 3.3 m/s. The annual drift potential (DP = 173 VU) showed that it was categorized as low class, and the winds carried sand to the southwest. The monitoring of drift potential showed that there was a sharp increase between 2003 and 2008, which could have been attributed to a change in wind speeds in the region. Unite directional index, the index of directional variability, has been alternating from 0.3 to 0.6 for 30 years. Furthermore, monitoring of sand mobility recorded a value from 0.1 to 0.4, and the lowest and highest values were registered from 0.08 to 0.9, with an average of 0.27. Finally, it can be concluded that sand dunes have been fixed for a long time, and the intensity of the mobility index is affected by climate changes.

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Spatially and temporally assessing event-based wind erosion in adjacent plots of fallow and wheat cultivation in the Central Anatolia, Turkey

Cited by 4 publications

References 26 publications

Effect of tillage management on the wind erosion of arable soil in the Chinese Mollisol region

Effect of tillage management on the wind erosion of arable soil in the Chinese Mollisol region

The Impact of Residences and Roads on Wind Erosion in a Temperate Grassland Ecosystem: A Spatially Oriented Perspective

Monitoring Sand Drift Potential and Sand Dune Mobility over the Last Three Decades (Khartouran Erg, Sabzevar, NE Iran)

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