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The influence of water erosion processes on sediment and nutriet transport from a small agricultural catchment area

PAVLÍK, F. DUMBROVSKÝ, M. PODHRÁZSKÁ, J. KONEČNÁ, J.

Original Title

The influence of water erosion processes on sediment and nutriet transport from a small agricultural catchment area

Type

journal article in Scopus

Language

English

Original Abstract

Erosion processes in catchment areas cause serious ecologic and economic problems because of their negative consequences in terms of soil and water deterioration as well as for the environment as a whole. The soil particles washed down by water erosion are the biggest pollution factor due to their amount and volume. Sediments are the product of a selective process in which smaller and lighter particles are separated from eroded soil and taken away by water fi rst. This means that the sediments contain a higher amount of organic, clay, and silt particles than the the original soils. Washed down sediments consist mainly of particles smaller than 0.05 mm (40–90% of the mixture). Other studies in the Czech Republic have focused on the assessment of soil erosion, based upon principles and parameters defi ned in the Universal Soil Loss Equation, but none of them has dealt with nutrient transport assessment as a consequence of water erosion. This paper presents a summary concerning the nutrient content in erosion sediment in a selected catchment area. Research work was conducted to identify and quantify the sediment load associated with nutrient transport especially from arable land on diff erent soil types

Keywords

soil erosion, nutrient transport, catchment area, water quality

Authors

PAVLÍK, F.; DUMBROVSKÝ, M.; PODHRÁZSKÁ, J.; KONEČNÁ, J.

RIV year

2012

Released

28. 2. 2012

Publisher

MENDELU

Location

Brno

ISBN

1211-8516

Periodical

Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis

Year of study

60

Number

3

State

Czech Republic

Pages from

155

Pages to

164

Pages count

10

BibTex

@article{BUT92560,
  author="František {Pavlík} and Miroslav {Dumbrovský} and Jana {Podhrázská} and Jana {Konečná}",
  title="The influence of water erosion processes on sediment and nutriet transport from a small agricultural catchment area",
  journal="Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis",
  year="2012",
  volume="60",
  number="3",
  pages="155--164",
  issn="1211-8516"
}