Abstract. Soil erosion rates on arable land frequently exceed the pace at which new soil is formed. This imbalance leads to thinning (i.e. truncation), whereby subsoil horizons and their underlying parent material become progressively closer surface. As a selective process subsurface often have contrasting properties original topsoil, truncation-induced changes might affect runoff formation thr...

Particle size distribution (PSD) is a fundamental physical property of soils. Traditionally, the PSD curve was generated by hand from limited data of particle size analysis, which is subjective and may lead to significant uncertainty in the freehand PSD curve and graphically estimated cumulative particle percentages. To overcome these problems, a log-cubic method was proposed for the generation...

*C.W. Rose, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Griffith University, Queensland 4111, Australia. *Corresponding author: [email protected] ABSTRACT A catena of modeling approaches are briefly reviewed including dynamic stochastic and deterministic approaches. It is shown that a dynamic stochastic description of soil erosion, with appropriate parameter identification, can be identified with...

Grass cropping in the rotation and the use of no-till seeding appear to be important components for developing sustainable cropping systems. Grass cropping and no-till seeding improve soil organic matter content, increase the soil microbial biomass, increase earthworm numbers, likely cause a buildup of fungivorous microarthropods and nematodes, and greatly increases the resistance of soil to er...

Soil erosion involves detachment and transport of soil particles from top soil layers, degrading soil quality and reducing the productivity of affected lands. Soil eroded from the upland catchment causes depletion of fertile agricultural land and the resulting sediment deposited at the river networks creates river morphological change and reservoir sedimentation problems. However, land managers...

Redistribution of soil, nutrients, and contaminants is often driven by wind erosion in semiarid shrublands. Wind erosion depends on wind velocity (particularly during episodic, high-velocity winds) and on vegetation, which is generally sparse and spatially heterogeneous in semiarid ecosystems. Further, the vegetation cover can be rapidly and greatly altered due to disturbances, particularly fir...

Combining natural saltmarsh habitats with conventional barriers can provide a sustainable and cost-effective alternative for fully engineered flood protection, provided that minimal salt marsh width be guaranteed long period. Hence, it is essential to understand both the key factors management options driving lateral erodibility/stability of marshes. We aimed determine how (i.e. grazing by larg...

Polyacrylamide (PAM) is a water-soluble polymer with strong cohesiveness and water absorption capacity, it has been widely used to modify soil structural stability. However, little information available on the impact of PAM application aggregate-breaking process purple soils in hilly areas southwestern China. Therefore, current study aimed examine influence aggregate stability terms different b...