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Research Article

Vol. 30 No. 1 (2013): Revista de Ciencias Agrícolas - Primer semestre, Enero - Junio 2013

Soil erosion in the steppe ecosystem of lécera, Spain

  • Mario Blasco Lamenca
Submitted
September 8, 2013
Published
2013-09-08

Abstract

The study of erosion was carried out in the soils of the Lecera steppe Spain. Soils are mainly derived from Tertiary Miocenic gypsic and calcareous sediments. Con­tent of organic matter, OM, is very low, about 1%. CEC is OM dependent (r = 0,7295);texture is loam, soil structure is lost due to the use of heavy machinery and implements; calcium is the dominant element. At present, hydric erosion is not important, the estimative erosion losses with the Universal Soil Loss Equation, USLE, reported about 1,5 Mg ha-1 year. On the other hand, wind erosion is severe due to strong winds of cierzo ( N-NW) that causes serious damage; the estimate soil loss using Wind Erosion Equation, WEQ was 13,8 Mg ha-1 year; other wind ero­sion measurement showed an important sand accumulation in unsheltered areas, while organic matter loss amounted to almost 90% of loss in soil of forest. Using inorganic carbon as index to measure total erosion, it was found that geological ero­sion amounted to 0,006 Mg ha-1 year from Tertiary Miocenic to nowadays, but it is 0,7 Mg ha-1 year due to the human activities in a period of 2500 years.

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