Re-sampling for Soil-caesium-137 to Assess Soil Losses after a 19-year Interval in a Hunter Valley Vineyard, New South Wales, Australia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5877293 |
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| Authors | Robert J Loughran, Richard M Balog |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 77-86 |
| Publication date | 2006-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geographical Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1745-5863 • E-ISSN: 1745-5871 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1745-5871.2006.00361.x |
| OpenAlex | W1998043254 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 11 |
Soils in a lower Hunter valley vineyard, New South Wales, Australia, were sampled and analysed for caesium-137, an indicator of soil erosion status, in 1984-1985 and 2004. From the time of the vineyard's first establishment in 1971 to 1985, estimated soil losses were 250 tonnes (equivalent to 64.2 t ha−1 yr−1). Re-sampling in 2004 showed that soil losses were 48 tonnes in the 19 years since 1985, equivalent to 9.7 t ha−1 yr−1. The decline in erosion rates may be explained by a change in land and soil management from intensive cultivation to one of no cultivation (sod culture) in 1998, and a lower annual rainfall and fewer rain-days per year in the period from 1986 to 2004
Archaeology · Erosion · Geography · Geomorphology · Sampling interval · Soil water · Tonne · Vineyard · Environmental Science · Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes · Mathematics · Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics · Soil erosion and sediment transport · Forestry · Geology · Soil Science
| Highly cited | No |
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