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https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-6-549-2020
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Original research article
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16 Nov 2020
Original research article |
| 16 Nov 2020
| 16 Nov 2020
Understanding the role of water and tillage erosion from 239+240Pu tracer measurements using inverse modelling
Florian Wilken
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Environmental Systems Science, Eidgenössische
Technische Hochschule Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
Institute for Geography, Universität Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany
Michael Ketterer
Chemistry and Biochemistry, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff,
USA
Sylvia Koszinski
Working Group Landscape Pedology, Leibniz-Centre for Agricultural
Landscape Research ZALF e.V., Müncheberg, Germany
Michael Sommer
Working Group Landscape Pedology, Leibniz-Centre for Agricultural
Landscape Research ZALF e.V., Müncheberg, Germany
Institute of Environmental Science and Geography, University of
Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
Peter Fiener
Institute for Geography, Universität Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany
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- The potential risk of combined effects of water and tillage erosion on the agricultural landscape in Czechia D. Žížala et al. 10.1080/17445647.2021.1942251
- Benefits of a robotic chamber system for determining evapotranspiration in an erosion-affected, heterogeneous cropland A. Dahlmann et al. 10.5194/hess-27-3851-2023
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Short summary
Soil redistribution by water and tillage erosion processes on arable land is a major threat to sustainable use of soil resources. We unravel the role of tillage and water erosion from fallout radionuclide (239+240Pu) activities in a ground moraine landscape. Our results show that tillage erosion dominates soil redistribution processes and has a major impact on the hydrological and sedimentological connectivity, which started before the onset of highly mechanised farming since the 1960s.
Soil redistribution by water and tillage erosion processes on arable land is a major threat to...
