Soil erosion impacts on nutrient deposition in a typical karst watershed

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Chengfang ◽  
Wang Zhongcheng ◽  
Li Zhenwei ◽  
Xu Xianli

<p>Soil erosion has a significant influence on nutrient redistribution and deposition. However, the effect of soil erosion on nutrient deposition remains unclear in karst areas such as southwest China, which represents an ecologically fragile zone experiencing severe soil erosion. The objective of this study was to investigate the characteristics of soil organic carbon (SOC), total nitrogen (TN), and total phosphorus (TP) deposition in a karst watershed of southwest China over the past 60 years and evaluate the relationship between soil erosion and nutrient deposition. The peak-cluster depressions in southwest China are typical for the geomorphological type, which is an ideal place to determine the sediment chronology, and the estimation of sediment and nutrient deposition rates. Three soil profiles were excavated in a typical karst depression. The characteristics of <sup>137</sup>Cs, <sup>210</sup>Pb<sub>ex</sub>, particle size distribution, and nutrients at different soil depths were investigated to evaluate the effect of soil erosion on nutrient deposition. Results showed that there was a significant negative correlation between nutrient concentrations and clay content (<em>P</em><0.001). Generally, compared with<sup> 137</sup>Cs, <sup>210</sup>Pb<sub>ex</sub> had a higher correlation with SOC and TN. In an undisturbed sediment profile, Pb/Cs can reflect nutrient dynamics better than a single nuclide. The nutrient deposition rates increased before 1953, reached its maximum in 1954-1956, and then dropped rapidly from 1957 to 2015. The sediment deposition rates were negatively correlated with nutrient concentrations (<em>P</em><0.01), but had a positive influence on nutrient deposition rates (<em>P</em><0.01). This implies that the temporal variation in nutrient deposition rates over the past 60 years was dominated by soil erosion rather than nutrient concentrations. This study provides a new insight to explore the historical nutrient deposition rates in a peak-cluster karst depression, and may help effectively control soil erosion and sustainable development of agro-ecosystems.</p>

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siwen Feng ◽  
Hongya Wang ◽  
Hongyan Liu ◽  
Chenyi Zhu ◽  
Shuai Li

<div>With the implementation of the Grain to Green Project, the vegetation growth in karst region in southwest China has increased. In order to explore whether the growth of trees can be sustained after artificial afforestation in karst area and the influence of the forestland change on soil erosion, the WaTEM/SEDEM model was used to simulate the 11 stages of annual soil erosion in the past 33 years in Chongan river drainage basin in Guizhou, and the dominant influencing factors of soil erosion change in the past 33 years were discussed based the pixel scale in this study. The results showed that the forestland increased in a fluctuating way after the conversion project, and the decrease of forestland was mainly caused by drought, especially in the area where the dolomites were distributed. Therefore, the change of forestland caused no significant improvement in soil erosion since the Grain to Green 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2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zihao Cao ◽  
Qihua Ke ◽  
Keli Zhang ◽  
Zhuodong Zhang

<p>Rocky desertification is a serious environmental issue in karst regions that restricts food production and hinders local economic development. Generally, soil loss is known as a dominant factor driving rocky desertification. However, it is difficult to couple rocky desertification with the soil loss rate based on a database from short-term field plot observations. Hence, it is imperative to reconstruct the history of soil loss over long-term periods and to correlate the rocky desertification process with the soil loss rate. In karst regions, the most common geomorphic landforms are closed peak-cluster depressions. Researchers have shown that estimating soil loss from hillslopes based on a sediment deposition rate in a peak-cluster depression is possible. In this study, two typical peak-cluster depressions with different degrees of rocky desertification were selected, and sediment cores with lengths of 2 m were sampled from the depressions to determine pollen taxa, soil properties and sediments dating at different depths.The results showed that the burial ages of the sediments in the depressions were different in the time series. During the past millennium, soil loss in the LJWD watershed showed an overall decreasing and then increasing trend. While the change in soil erosion was more complex in the DJT watershed, high and low rates appeared alternately in the 748±100 – 2018 period. The alluvial pollen analysis demonstrated that the soil erosion changes in both watersheds were closely related to human farming activities and vegetation landscape changes. The soil loss history over the past 1000 years was insufficient to reveal the evolution of rocky deserts in karst areas, indicating that the formation of rocky deserts should have occurred over a longer historical period. Overall, the optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating and palynological techniques were reliable in the investigation of local erosional history in karst regions.</p>


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanqing Li ◽  
Zhongcheng Jiang ◽  
Zhihua Chen ◽  
Yang Yu ◽  
Funing Lan ◽  
...  

Abstract. Soil erosion is a global environmental problem that can lead to the loss of nutrients in topsoil layers, particularly in fragile karst environments where the low contents of organic carbon and steep slopes used to be key pedological and geomorphological factors. Researching the erosion and deposition rates in small watersheds is important for designing efficient soil and water conservation measures. In this research, the Dapotou closed catchment, a representative depression in karst gabin basin, located in the Yunnan province, Southwest China, was selected to assess the variation of soil erosion and soil sediment mobilisation at different hillslope positions using the 137Cs tracing technique. The results showed that the soil erosion rates in the shoulders, backslopes and footslopes were 0.87, 0.35 and 0.49 cm a−1, respectively, meanwhile the soil sediment rate in depression bottom was 2.65 cm a−1. The average annual soil erosion modulus of the complete hillslope was 632 t km−2 a−1, which confirmed in the serious gradation according to karst soil erosion standards. The soil deposition modulus reached up to 3180 t km−2 a−1. The sediment delivery ratio summarized 0.82 in the whole catchment according to the square of hillslope and depression bottom. To identify which factor could play the most important role, a Principal Component Analysis was conducted. The results showed 137Cs concentration of different soil depth at different hillslope positions were significant correlated with soil organic matter (SOM) and total nitrogen (TN) (P 


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanqing Li ◽  
yang Yu ◽  
funing Lan ◽  
peng Liu

<p>In karst environments, soil erosion is a  prominent environmental issue that can cause many other problems. Researching the erosion and deposition rates at the hillslope scale in small watersheds is important for designing efficient soil and water conservation measures for the small watersheds even the large scale areas. In our research, the closed watershed, a representative depression in karst gabin basin, located in the Yunnan province, Southwest China, was selected to assess the soil erosion and sediment mobilisation at different hillslope positions using the <sup>137</sup>Cs tracing technique. The results showed that the soil erosion rates in the shoulders, backslopes and footslopes were 0.87, 0.35 and 0.49 cm a<sup>-1</sup>, respectively, meanwhile the soil sediment rate in depression bottom was 2.68 cm a<sup>-1</sup>. The average annual soil erosion modulus of the complete hillslope was 632 t km<sup>-2</sup>a<sup>-1</sup>, which confirmed the serious gradation according to karst soil erosion standards. The sediment delivery ratio would summarize 0.82 in the whole catchment according to the square of hillslope and depression bottom. To identify which factor could play the most important role in influencing the estimations using <sup>137</sup>Cs, a linear correlation and Principal Component Analysis were conducted. The results showed <sup>137</sup>Cs concentration of different soil depth at different hillslope positions were significantly correlated with soil organic matter (SOM) and total nitrogen (TN) (P<0.05). As the typical karst geomorphological types, these findings are expected to provide data support for the whole watershed soil erosion management and ecological restoration in  fragile karst ecosystem.</p>


2005 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 418-430 ◽  
Author(s):  
Markus L. Heinrichs ◽  
Brian F. Cumming ◽  
Kathleen R. Laird ◽  
J. Sanford Hart

Abstract Diatom and chironomid analysis of sediments encompassing the past 400 years from Bouchie Lake, British Columbia, suggests two distinct periods of limnological conditions. Prior to 1950 AD, Fragilaria construens and F. pinnata are the most common diatom species, and Chironomus, Procladius and Tanytarsini dominate the chironomid record. Moderately low nutrient concentrations consistent with oligo-mesotrophic lakes are inferred. From 1950, the diatom assemblage is dominated by Stephanodiscus parvus, a eutrophic indicator, whereas the chironomid communities show a relative increase in littoral taxa coincident with lower head capsule abundance. Higher nutrient levels, specifically total phosphorus, which increased from 8 µg L-1 prior to 1950 to 20 µg L-1 currently, are coincident with midge communities indicative of lower oxygen concentrations. Observed biotic changes and nutrient levels inferred from the sediment core correspond to historical land-use changes.


Author(s):  
Valeriy Demidov ◽  
Oleg Makarov

The monograph summarizes the information over the past 20 years on the currently widely used. The textbook is intended for students of higher educational institutions, studying in the specialty of soil science, as well as specializing in erosion and soil protection. The textbook describes the physical basis and mechanism of erosion processes, based on some sections of hydraulics, hydrology, hydro-and aeromechanics, knowledge of which is necessary to understand the mechanism of water, wind and irrigation soil erosion. The main mathematical models and principles of forecasting the values of soil losses as a result of erosion processes are considered. The textbook will be useful not only for students and postgraduates studying in the specialty of soil science, but also for geographers, ecologists and a wide range of specialists interested in the problems of soil cover conservation and environmental protection.


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