Relationships between permeability and erodibility of cultivated Acrisols and Cambisols in subtropical China

Dong Sheng Yu, Xue Zheng Shi, D. C. Weindorf

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Abstract

The relationships between soil erodibility factor (K) and soil saturated permeability (Kfs) for cultivated Acrisols derived from Quaternary red clay and Cambisols derived from red sandstone were studied and quantified using a rainfall simulator and Guelph permeameter in a hilly area of subtropical China. A negative correlation existed between Kfs of the topsoil (0-5 cm) and K. The empirical expression K ≈ a × Kfs -b + c, where a, b and c are the structural coefficients related to soil properties, such as soil type, soil parent material, organic matter, pH and mechanical composition, best described the relationship between soil saturated permeability and soil erodibility.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)304-311
Number of pages8
JournalPedosphere
Volume16
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2006

Scopus Subject Areas

  • Soil Science

Keywords

  • Soil erodibility
  • Soil saturated permeability
  • Subtropical China
  • Upland

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