The Impact of Salinization and Wind Erosion on the Texture of Surface Soils: An Investigation of Paired Samples from Soils with and without Salt Crust

Wind erosion removes fine soil particles and thus affects surface properties, but the existence of a salt crust could prevent wind protect particles. Such results referring to affecting textural properties have been reported by many studies. However, it is still not clear whether differ between salt-crusted soils adjacent without in areas experiencing serious erosion. Therefore, objective this study was investigate paired samples from non-crusted at 23 sites Tarim River Basin. The particle size distribution, content composition, thickness strength were determined. pooled t-test reveal that, compared with crust, had finer (silt + clay), difference only occurred same site, silt showed largest soils. great variability, 88.52 603 g·kg−1 0.30 5.96 kg·cm−1, respectively, all sites, weak relationship (R2 = 0.396) found, indicating that factor strength. Our suggest salinization cause texture spatial heterogeneity, especially for Variation can influence dust emissions must be considered future management.