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Use of laboratory-scale rill and interill erodibility measurements for the prediction of hillslope-scale erosion on rehabilitated coal mine soils and overburdens

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Sheridan, G.J., So, H.B., Loch, R.J., Pocknee, C. and Walker, C.M. (2000) Use of laboratory-scale rill and interill erodibility measurements for the prediction of hillslope-scale erosion on rehabilitated coal mine soils and overburdens. Australian Journal of Soil Research, 38 (2). pp. 285-298. ISSN 0004-9573

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Article Link: https://doi.org/10.1071/SR99039

Abstract

Prediction of hillslope-scale soil erosion traditionally involves extensive data collection from field plots under natural rainfall, or from field rainfall simulation programs. Recognising the high costs and inconvenience associated with field-based studies, a method was developed and tested for predicting hillslope-scale soil erosion from laboratory-scale measurements of erodibility. A laboratory tilting flume and rainfall simulator were used to determine rill and interill erodibility coefficients for 32 soils and overburdens from Queensland open-cut coal mines. Predicted sediment delivery rates based on laboratory determinations of erodibility were tested against field measurements of erosion from 12-m-long plots under simulated rainfall at 100 mm/h on slopes ranging from 5% to 30%. Regression analysis demonstrated a strong relationship between predicted and measured sediment delivery rates, giving an r2 value of up to 0.74, depending on the particular modeling approach used. These results demonstrate that soil losses due to the combined processes of rill and interill erosion at the hillslope scale can successfully be predicted from laboratory-scale measurements of erodibility, provided a suitable methodology and modelling approach is adopted. The success of this approach will greatly reduce the cost and effort required for prediction of hillslope scale soil erosion.

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Subjects:Agriculture > Agriculture (General) > Soils. Soil science
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