Measurement of runoff and soil erosion on regularly cultivated fields in Switzerland. Some critical considerations
In field measurements of soil erosion spatial variability is usually neglected. Due to natural site conditions, however, considerable variations of runoff and soil loss can occur even within apparently homogeneous fields. This was observed on large
(75 m2) erosion test plots in triple replication in a forage-maize cropping experiment. Two different approaches to soil erosion assessment under regular field conditions which consider these facts are proposed.
The objective of this paper is to study soil-vegetation and land-use relationships and to analyze the dynamics of field abandonment. Several pedological and vegetal characteristics have been studied in a transect of the Experimental Field of El
This paper presents field measurements of raindrop size distributions and relations between rainfall parameters that can be used in models for predicting soil erosion.