Wind erosion and sand accumulation effects on soil properties in Horqin Sandy Farmland, Inner Mongolia

Zhao, Hao; Xiao-yong, YI; Zhou, Rui‐Lian; Zou, Xueyong; Zhang, Tonghui; Drake, Sam

doi:10.1016/j.catena.2005.10.001

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“…These processes change the environmental conditions of soils (e.g., temperature, moisture, nutrient and oxygen availability), as well as the exposure to light of buried parts of the plants (Hagen 1991;Zhao et al 2006;Liu et al 2011). Therefore, these stressors may create selective pressures on physiological and morphological plant traits, affecting their survival and growth, and subsequently controlling the distribution and composition of vegetation in dune ecosystems (Hesp 1991;Dech and Maun 2005;Acosta et al 2007; Levin et al 2008).…”

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Sand burial compensates for the negative effects of erosion on the dune-building shrub Artemisia wudanica

Liu

Lü

et al. 2013

Plant Soil

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Sand burial compensates for the negative effects of erosion on the dune-building shrub Artemisia wudanica

Liu

Lü

et al. 2013

Plant Soil

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“…7 For the study area, significant positive correlations (R 2 > 0.7) were found at a significance level of α = 0.05 among soil silt-clay content, soil organic matter, total N, total P, available N, available P, and soil moisture characteristics (e.g., field capacity) (Table 4). This indicates that the decrease of silt-clay and soil organic matter content will likely cause the decrease of nutrients and water holding capacities (López, 1998;Su and Zhao, 2003;Li et al, 2004), and that soil organic matter is key to maintaining soil nutrient and moisture levels (Larney et al, 1998;Zhao et al, 2006 Values are means ± standard deviations. SFD stands for semi-fixed dune sites, FD for fixed 4 dune sites, CL for cultivated land sites, GM for general meadow sites, and CM for control 5 meadow sites where there was no detectable erosion and sand accumulation.…”

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“…2 Designed based on Scherer et al (2003); Amin and Flowers (2004);Tiyapongpattana et al (2004); Jankauskas et al (2006);. The method accuracy noted in the parenthesis was determined based on manufacturers' specifications, field calibration, and/or literature values (e.g., Zhao et al, 2006;Wang, 2008 precipitation of 389 mm, of which 69.3 % falls during the growing season (i.e., from June to August), and an average annual PET of about 1412 mm. The average annual temperature is around 6.6 • C, with a minimum monthly mean temperature of −13.3 • C in January and a maximum temperature of 23.8 • C in July.…”

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Spatio-temporal variations in soil moisture and physicochemical properties of a typical semiarid sand-meadow-desert landscape as influenced by land use

Duan

Liu

Wang

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Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci.

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Abstract.A good understanding of the interrelations between land cover alteration and changes in hydrologic conditions (e.g., soil moisture) as well as soil physicochemical properties (e.g., fine soil particles and nutrients) is crucial for maintaining the fragile hydrologic and environmental conditions of semiarid land, such as the Horqin Sandy Land in China, but is lacking in existing literature. The objectives of this study were to examine: (1) spatio-temporal variations of soil moisture and physicochemical properties in semiarid land; and (2) how those variations are influenced by land cover alteration. Using the data collected in a 9.71 km 2 well-instrumented area of the Horqin Sandy Land, this study examined by visual examination and statistical analyses the spatio-temporal variations of soil moisture and physicochemical properties. The results indicated that for the study area, the soil moisture and physicochemical properties were dependent on local topography, soil texture, vegetation density, and human activity. Long-term reclamation for agriculture was found to reduce soil moisture by over 23 % and significantly (p-value < 0.05) lower the contents of soil organic matter, fine soil particles, and nutrients.

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“…Moreover, wind erosion is identified as one of the most serious environmental and agricultural threats in many arid regions of the world (Gomes et al, 2003;Zhao et al, 2006). Soil erosion leads to desertification and air pollution.…”

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Using Cesium-137 to estimate soil particle redistribution by wind in an arid region of central Iran

Gheysari

Ayoubi

Abdi

2016

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Article Info Received : 28.01.2016 Accepted : 01.04.2016 This study was conducted to estimate soil erosion and deposition rates along a transect using 137 Cs technique in an arid of Isfahan Province, central Iran. Sixteen sites along a northeast-southwest transect with 42 km length were used. Eighty soil samples collected from five depths (0-5, 5-10, 10-20, 20-30, 30-50 cm) were analyzed for 137 Cs concentration. Additional 20 soil samples were collected from the reference site for computing soil loss and deposition using 137 Cs measurement. The results showed that the northern part of the transect showed erosion rates ranging from12.90 to 46.86 t ha -1 yr -1 . The major factor affecting soil erosion process in northern part of the studied transect is associated dominantly with occurrence of improper gypsum mining operations and human activities. In the southern part of the transect deposition rates changed between 3.10 -7.44 t ha -1 yr -1 , presumably influenced by increasing plant cover. Significant correlations between 137 Cs and magnetic susceptibility, soil organic matter (SOM), total nitrogen (TN) and particle size distributions indicated that soil redistribution by wind erosion might have modified the soil properties along the studied transect. A multiple linear regression model was developed for estimating 137 Cs by frequency dependence (χfd), TN, clay and sand contents which explained about 87% of the 137 Cs variability. This study of using 137 Cs to assess wind erosion is unique in the arid region of central Iran and had significant implications for further research.

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Wind erosion and sand accumulation effects on soil properties in Horqin Sandy Farmland, Inner Mongolia

Cited by 107 publications

References 13 publications

Sand burial compensates for the negative effects of erosion on the dune-building shrub Artemisia wudanica

Sand burial compensates for the negative effects of erosion on the dune-building shrub Artemisia wudanica

Spatio-temporal variations in soil moisture and physicochemical properties of a typical semiarid sand-meadow-desert landscape as influenced by land use

Using Cesium-137 to estimate soil particle redistribution by wind in an arid region of central Iran

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