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The output of sediments and solutes from forested and cultivated clayey drainage basins in Luxembourg
Author(s) -
Imeson A. C.,
Vis M.
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.3290090612
Subject(s) - surface runoff , hydrology (agriculture) , drainage basin , drainage , geology , environmental science , structural basin , macropore , geomorphology , ecology , geotechnical engineering , geography , cartography , biology , mesoporous material , biochemistry , chemistry , catalysis
The output of material from 11 small drainage basins in the Keuper region of central Luxembourg is considered. Attention is given to differences between forested and cultivated basins. Whilst the output of suspended solids from the cultivated Mosergriecht catchment may be as much as five times higher than from the forested Keiwelsbaach, the solute load is only 50 per cent and the runoff 20 per cent higher. Relationships between dispersed clay in suspension and the water chemistry observed for the forested drainage basins are not present in the cultivated catchments. Water having a milky appearance and containing dispersed clay is of more frequent occurrence in forested basins where subsurface runoff occurs in macropores and cracks in the undisturbed soil.