An evaluationon using soil aggregate stability as the indicator of interrill erodibility

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	An evaluationon using soil aggregate stability as the indicator of interrill erodibility
	DING Wen-feng; ZHANG Xun-chang
刊名	Journal of Mountain Science
	2016-05
卷号	13 期号:5 页码:831-843
关键词	Soil erodibility Interrill Aggregate stability Soil erosion
ISSN号	1672-6316
通讯作者	DING Wen-feng
英文摘要	Aggregate stability is a very important predictor of soil structure and strength, which influences soil erodibility. Several aggregate stability indices were selected for estimating interrill erodibility of four soil types with contrasting properties from temperate and subtropical regions of China. This study was conducted to investigate how closely the soil interrill erodibility factor in the Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPP) model relates to soil aggregate stability. The mass fractal dimension (FD), geometric mean diameter (GMD), mean weight diameter (MWD), and aggregate stability index (ASI) of soil aggregates were calculated. A rainfall simulator with a drainable flume (3.0 m long ×1.0 m wide ×0.5 m deep) was used at four slope gradients (5°, 10°,15° and 20°), and four rainfall intensities (0.6, 1.1, 1.7 and 2.5 mm/min). Results indicated that the interrill erodibility (Ki) values were significantly correlated to the indices of ASI, MWD, GMD, and FD computed from the aggregate wet-sieve data. The Ki had a strong positive correlation with FD, as well as a strong negative correlation with ASI, GMD, and MWD. Soils with a higher aggregate stability and lower fractal dimension have smaller Ki values. Stable soils were characterized by a high percentage of large aggregates and the erodible soils by a high percentage of smaller aggregates. The correlation coefficients of Ki with ASI and GMD were greater than those with FD and MWD, implying that both the ASI and GMD may be better alternative parameters for empirically predicting the soil Ki factor.ASI and GMD are more reasonable in interrill soil erodibility estimation, compared with Ki calculation in original WEPP model equation. Results demonstrate the validation of soil aggregation characterization as an appropriate indicator of soil susceptibility to erosion in contrasting soil types in China.
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
公开日期	2016-05-03
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.imde.ac.cn/handle/131551/15126]
专题	成都山地灾害与环境研究所_Journal of Mountain Science _Journal of Mountain Science-2016_Vol13 No.5
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	DING Wen-feng,ZHANG Xun-chang. An evaluationon using soil aggregate stability as the indicator of interrill erodibility[J]. Journal of Mountain Science,2016,13(5):831-843.
APA	DING Wen-feng,&ZHANG Xun-chang.(2016).An evaluationon using soil aggregate stability as the indicator of interrill erodibility.Journal of Mountain Science,13(5),831-843.
MLA	DING Wen-feng,et al."An evaluationon using soil aggregate stability as the indicator of interrill erodibility".Journal of Mountain Science 13.5(2016):831-843.