A large-scale flume (40 cm×10 cm×10 cm) was used to determine soil anti-scourability of 4 different land uses of purple soil in hilly areas of Sichuan, China under artificial removal of vegetation to examine...A large-scale flume (40 cm×10 cm×10 cm) was used to determine soil anti-scourability of 4 different land uses of purple soil in hilly areas of Sichuan, China under artificial removal of vegetation to examine the effects of land uses on sediment production by runoff. The results showed that soil anti-scourability declined with the increase of slope gradients in the form of power function, but there was a significant difference in the effects of slope gradients on anti-scourability between different land uses. The ratio of the mean values of soil anti-scourability was 1︰2.2︰2.5︰3.6 for forest land, new waste pasture, old waste pasture, crop land respectively, indicating that forest and grass use can significantly improve soil anti-scourability. Compared with the observations from the runoff plots located at the same sites in this region, an inconsistent result was found between anti-scourability and anti-erodibility in hilly areas of Sichuan. Essential causes of the differences in soil anti-scourability were further discussed based on analyzing the influence of inherent soil characteristics induced by different land uses on soil anti-scourability.展开更多
The recent study results show that the intensification ability of plant roots to the anti-scourability of soil mainly depends on the distribution and twining of effective root density in the soil profile, and the phys...The recent study results show that the intensification ability of plant roots to the anti-scourability of soil mainly depends on the distribution and twining of effective root density in the soil profile, and the physical basis of effective root density is the number of展开更多
The resistance of soil to erosion by water can be classified into anti-washability and antiscourability. The former refers to the resistance of soil to dispersion and suspension caused by runoff, and the latter refers...The resistance of soil to erosion by water can be classified into anti-washability and antiscourability. The former refers to the resistance of soil to dispersion and suspension caused by runoff, and the latter refers to the resistance of soil to mechanical disruption and the downward pushing caused by runoff. A systematic research on soil anti-scourability, however, is still lacking. The relationships between the anti-scourability, profile structure and physical properties of the soil on the Loess Plateau have been systematically studied in this note.展开更多
基金The authors wish to acknowledge research funds provided by the Innovation Knowledge Engineering Project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (KZCX2-SW-330) the Project of International Cooperation between Governments of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (02-4)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 40201029).
文摘A large-scale flume (40 cm×10 cm×10 cm) was used to determine soil anti-scourability of 4 different land uses of purple soil in hilly areas of Sichuan, China under artificial removal of vegetation to examine the effects of land uses on sediment production by runoff. The results showed that soil anti-scourability declined with the increase of slope gradients in the form of power function, but there was a significant difference in the effects of slope gradients on anti-scourability between different land uses. The ratio of the mean values of soil anti-scourability was 1︰2.2︰2.5︰3.6 for forest land, new waste pasture, old waste pasture, crop land respectively, indicating that forest and grass use can significantly improve soil anti-scourability. Compared with the observations from the runoff plots located at the same sites in this region, an inconsistent result was found between anti-scourability and anti-erodibility in hilly areas of Sichuan. Essential causes of the differences in soil anti-scourability were further discussed based on analyzing the influence of inherent soil characteristics induced by different land uses on soil anti-scourability.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Fundation of China
文摘The recent study results show that the intensification ability of plant roots to the anti-scourability of soil mainly depends on the distribution and twining of effective root density in the soil profile, and the physical basis of effective root density is the number of
文摘The resistance of soil to erosion by water can be classified into anti-washability and antiscourability. The former refers to the resistance of soil to dispersion and suspension caused by runoff, and the latter refers to the resistance of soil to mechanical disruption and the downward pushing caused by runoff. A systematic research on soil anti-scourability, however, is still lacking. The relationships between the anti-scourability, profile structure and physical properties of the soil on the Loess Plateau have been systematically studied in this note.