Comparison of different methods to measure soil erosion in the Central Ebro Valley

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ABSTRACT. Fire is a natural factor of landscape evolution in

Effectiveness of native wood strand mulches for land rehabilitation in Iran under experimental conditions

“…The experimental observations verified the successful efficacy of the wood strands in reducing runoff, soil loss, and sediment concentration (almost significant at p value <.05) through increasing the soil water retention and soil protective cover. Similar results were reported for different soil amendments applications specifically wood‐based mulches (e.g., León et al, ; Prosdocimi et al, ; Turk, ). The three‐dimensional layering of the wood strands provided a highly stable matrix (Yanosek et al, ) leading to soil stabilization against rainfall and runoff.…”

“…It is revealed that 40–80% ground cover of agricultural straw and wood shred could effectively protect the soil against negative effects of fire. León, Badía, and Echeverría () found that wood chip mulch reduced both runoff rate (from 9.39 to 4.36 mm hr −1 ) and soil loss (3.82–1.92 g m −2 ) by at least half when applied to burnt soils is northeastern Spain. Additionally, Prats, Abrantes, Crema, Keizer, and de Lima () tested eucalypt bark strands mulch in three strip lengths of 0.9, 1.8, and 2.7 m with two cover percentages of 50 and 70.…”

Analysing the effect of land use and vegetation cover on soil infiltration in three contrasting environments in northeast Spain

“…Bedrock in the Ebro valley area (Zuera) is formed by Miocene limestones and gypsum, and soils are Rendzic Phaeozem, Leptic and Haplic Gypsisol León et al, 2015a). The greatest soil diversity is found in the Pyrenees area (Jaca), with Kastanozem, Phaeozem, calcic Regosol, Leptosol or Cambisol, and bedrock is composed of Eocene Flysch turbidites in the Pyrenean mountain range and Eocene marls in the Inner Pyrenean Depression Lana-Renault et al, 2011).…”

Experiments as tools in geomorphology

“…Despite of the real and long term value of these measurements, many of them have been dismantled during the last decades, leading to a lack of measured values of soil erosion (Stroosnijder, 2005). This trend has been inverted during the last decade, where different types of plot systems have been installed (e. g. Bagarello et al, 2013, García-Orenes et al, 2010, 2009León et al, 2015;Rodrigo-Comino et al, 2015, 2016Todisco et al, 2012). The investigation by Kirchhoff et al (2017) included in this special issue takes over the need to gain realworld data on soil erosion, combining plot measurements with rainfall simulations.…”