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Quantitative Model for Estimating Soil Erosion Rates Using 137 Cs *1English Full Text

YANG HAO 1,2 , DU MINGYUAN 3, CHANG QING 2, K. MINAMI 3 and T. HATTA 2 1 Institute of Soil Science, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 821, Nanjing 210008 (China) 2 Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Scienc

Abstract: A quantitative model was developed to relate the amount of 137 Cs loss from the soil profile to the rate of soil erosion. According to mass balance model, the depth distribution pattern of 137 Cs in the soil profile, the radioactive decay of 137 Cs, sampling year and the difference of 137 Cs fallout amount among years were taken into consideration. By introducing typical depth distribution functions of 137 Cs into the model, detailed equations for the model were got for different soils. The model shows that the rate of soil erosion is mainly controlled by the depth distribution pattern of 137 Cs, the year of sampling, and the percentage reduction in total 137 Cs. The relationship between the rate of soil loss and 137 Cs depletion is neither linear nor logarithmic. The depth distribution pattern of 137 Cs is a major factor for estimating the rate of soil loss. Soil erosion rate is directly related with the fraction of 137 Cs content near the soil surface. The influences of the radioactive decay of 137 Cs, sampling year and 137 Cs input fraction are not large compared with others.
  • Series:

    (D) Agriculture

  • Subject:

    Fundamental Science of Agriculture; Agronomy

  • Classification Code:

    S157

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