Effect of the water temperature and soil moisture on the erodibility of chernozem samples: A model experiment

The close almost functional relationship of the erosion rate and, hence, the erodibility of model soil samples with the temperature of the water used in the experiments has been shown. This suggests that the rupture of bonds between the particles of eroded soil samples is due to the electrostatic fo...

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Published in:Eurasian soil science 2014-07, Vol.47 (7), p.734-739
Main Authors: Larionov, G. A, Bushueva, O. G, Dobrovol’skaya, N. G, Kiryukhina, Z. P, Krasnov, S. F, Litvin, L. F
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Conservation of Soils
Degrdation
Earth and Environmental Science
Earth Sciences
electrostatic interactions
Electrostatics
eroded soils
erodibility
Erosion rates
Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences
Hydraulics
Rehabiltation
Soil aggregates
Soil erosion
Soil moisture
soil sampling
Soil sciences
Soil structure
soil water
Water content
Water temperature
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Summary:The close almost functional relationship of the erosion rate and, hence, the erodibility of model soil samples with the temperature of the water used in the experiments has been shown. This suggests that the rupture of bonds between the particles of eroded soil samples is due to the electrostatic forces appearing between the monomolecular water layers around the adjacent soil aggregates similarly oriented with respect to the soil solid phase rather than to the hydraulic forces. The erosion parameters of the samples also strongly depend on the soil moisture. The lowest erosion rate of the heavy loamy chernozem samples is observed at an initial water content of 22–24%. The erosion rate increases and the variability of the results is reduced with both decreasing and increasing the initial water content.
ISSN:1064-2293
1556-195X
DOI:10.1134/S1064229314070096