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Some Experiences with Asphalt in the Establishment of Grasses and Legumes for Erosion Control
Author(s) -
Myers H. E.,
Throckmorton R. I.
Publication year - 1942
Publication title -
soil science society of america journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1435-0661
pISSN - 0361-5995
DOI - 10.2136/sssaj1942.036159950006000c0085x
Subject(s) - citation , control (management) , erosion , agricultural experiment station , library science , computer science , history , agriculture , archaeology , artificial intelligence , geology , paleontology
LEGUMES FOR EROSION CONTROL H. E/MYERS AND R. I. THROCKMORTON ESTABLISHED vegetation provides the most practical protection against erosion that is now known on noncultivated areas. In certain places, frequently small in total extent, where grass would give the desired protection, re-establishment of vegetation presents a difficult problem because of active erosion. If some treatment could be applied that would make the soil at least temporarily nonerosive and at the same time permit the establishment of a permanent vegetative cover, it would appear that it might be used as a supplement to our present recognized methods for erosion control. The specific purpose of this investigation was to make preliminary tests of materials that might serve in this role. Oil has been used to a limited extent in erosion control. On the sand-dune revegetation area adjacent to the new site of the Santa Fe railroad bed in the vicinity of the Caddoa dam project, road oil was used by the Soil Conservation Service in an attempt to control the movement of sand. Because of the interest of the Skelley Oil Company in the possible use of asphalt in erosion control, a product was prepared which was thought to have special properties superior to ordinary asphalt for soil conservation use. Through their cooperation both the ordinary asphalt and the special product were included in this study.