Susceptibility assessment to erosion in the Fashand Catchment using mineralogical and geochemical methods

Requisite programs soil conservation and sediment control is requires identification of areas prone to erosion and today used fingerprinting method around the world to determine the contribution of sediments transported. In this study, in order to gain optimized share of the estimated sediment resources, used of tracking feature and finally presented the map susceptibility to erosion in the Fashand Catchment to area of 3247 hectares according to the mineralogical and geochemical studies. The results of mineralogical studies suggest that the Zagon formation with 17.13% of the watershed area has the greatest Sediment potential (57/1) in the region and the results of geochemical methods are also showing greater sensitivity Zagon formation the share of deposits has been 1.84. The results detection analysis suggest that of 11-element analysis in this research, have been appropriate the elements phosphorus, chloride, bicarbonate, lime, nitrogen and organic matter in order to separate the sediment sources. The results of mineralogical and geochemical methods have been largely fits together.