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The influence of soil properties on the erodibility of Belgian loamy soils: A study based on rainfall simulation experiments
Author(s) -
Verhaegen Th.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
earth surface processes and landforms
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.294
H-Index - 127
eISSN - 1096-9837
pISSN - 0197-9337
DOI - 10.1002/esp.3290090603
Subject(s) - loam , splash , soil water , cohesion (chemistry) , surface runoff , environmental science , soil science , silt , saturation (graph theory) , soil texture , hydrology (agriculture) , geotechnical engineering , water content , geology , mathematics , geomorphology , geography , chemistry , ecology , organic chemistry , combinatorics , biology , meteorology
Twenty soils from the Leuven region were tested in the laboratory with a rainfall simulator. Their texture varied from loam to loamy sand. On the basis of the results obtained, they were classified as a function of the runoff and splash erodibility. For every soil, several properties were determined and tentatively used to explain the classifications based on the runoff and splash erodibility. Significant negative correlations were found between silt content, aggregate stability, C 5–10 index, water content at saturation, and cohesion on the one side and erodibility on the other; a positive correlation was found between sand content and erodibility.