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- Title
Effects of Rainfall Intensity and Slope Gradient on Steep Colluvial Deposit Erosion in Southeast China.
- Authors
Fang-Shi Jiang; Yan-He Huang; Ming-Kuang Wang; Jin-Shi Lin; Gan Zhao; Hong-Li Ge
- Abstract
Rainfall intensity and slope gradient are important factors that affect soil erosion; however, contradictory observations have been made due to different experimental conditions and materials. Colluvial deposits with loose, coarse material and steep slopes are easily erodible, but the erosion mechanism of colluvial deposition remains obscure. This work investigated the effects of heavy and storm rainfall intensity and steep slope gradients on the infiltration, runoff, and soil loss of colluvial soil. The rainfall intensity ranged from 1.00 to 2.33 mm min-1, and the slope gradient ranged from 36 to 84%. The infiltration rates declined sharply in the initial stage, whereas an opposite trend was observed for runoff rates until a steady state was reached after 5 min. Single- and multiple-peak models illustrated the two types of changes for the sediment yield process. The infiltration volume and the coefficient increased with increasing rainfall intensity and decreased with increasing slope, whereas the runoff coefficient decreased with increasing rainfall intensity and increased with increasing slope. Runoff volume and sediment yield increased with increasing rainfall intensity but had a critical slope gradient of 58% and >47%. The sediment concentration increased with increasing rainfall intensity, and first increased and then decreased with increasing slope gradients at rainfall intensities of 1.00 and 1.33 mm min-1 but increased at rainfall intensities of 1.67, 2.00, and 2.33 mm min-1. The findings of this study can be used to clarify the erosion mechanisms in disturbed soils with high coarse particle content.
- Subjects
SOIL erosion research; RAINFALL; SOILS; ION exchange (Chemistry); EROSION; SOIL science
- Publication
Soil Science Society of America Journal, 2014, Vol 78, Issue 5, p1742
- ISSN
0361-5995
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2136/sssaj2014.04.0132