Forests in Europe are currently not endangered by soil erosion. However, this can change with climate or intensified forest management practices. Using a newly established network of plots beech forests across Europe, the aims study were to (i) distinguish properties and erodibility indices relation bedrock, (ii) determine geochemical organic carbon (C org ) influencing erodibility, (iii) asses...

One of the main factors of water erosion is the natural characteristics of the soil called "erodibility" or"detachability". The present study aims to analyze the variations of soil erodibility factor in different plains and thefactors related to it. Erodibility is one the key factors in some models of erosion and sediment such as Universal SoilLoss Equation (USLE), Revised USLE (RUSLE), and Mod...

* Corresponding author. USDA – ARS, SEWRL E-mail addresses: [email protected] (J. Cho), sm 1537-5110/$ – see front matter Published by doi:10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2009.01.007 Accurate simulation of cell-based processes is important for evaluating the impacts of best management practices (BMPs) on surface and ground water. The objective of this study was to evaluate the cell-based component of the Dyn...

[1] Whereas the existence of pronounced orbitally controlled periodicities is a major feature of Earth climate, its impact on landscape dynamics remains poorly understood. We use a Landscape Evolution Model (LEM) to systematically investigate the response of landscapes to a range of periodic oscillations in precipitation. The resulting sediment-flux evolution displays a pronounced sensitivity t...