The susceptibility of different texture soils to splash erosion under different rainfall intensity and antecedent water content

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zanjan university

Abstract

Splash erosion is recognized as the first stage in a soil erosion process and
results from the soil surface bombing by rain drops. Splash erosion is a complex process including the
detachment of soil particles by raindrops followed by splash transport of a part of the detached particles.
Quantification of splash erosion in the soils with different textures for various combinations of rainfall
intensities and antecedent moisture content (AMC) is essential to understand splash erosion processes.
The investigation on the splash erosion in the field is often expensive and time-consuming. Rainfall
simulation has been used extensively as a cost effective method for soil erosion prediction across a lot of
related factors. This study was conducted to investigate splash erosion in relation to rainfall intensity and
AMC in different soil textures using the simulated rainfalls.

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