SPATIAL VARIABILITY OF SOIL PHYSICAL PROPERTIES IN A REGION OF THE LOESS PLATEAU OF PR CHINA SUBJECT TO WIND AND WATER EROSION

• Published in: Land degradation & development Vol. 24; no. 3; pp. 296 - 304
• Main Authors: Wang, Y. Q., Shao, M. A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 01.05.2013; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Agricultural land; Agricultural practices; bulk density; China; Environmental management; fractal dimensions; geostatistic analysis; Geostatistics; Grasslands; Land; land degradation; Land management; Land use; Loess; Mathematical models; ordinary kriging; Physical properties; Porosity; PR China; precision agriculture; Precision farming; saturated hydraulic conductivity; semivariogram; shrublands; Soil (material); Soil physical properties; Spatial analysis; spatial structure; Statistical analysis; summer; Topsoil; water erosion; Watersheds; Wind erosion; Woodlands; China, People's Rep., Loess Plateau; China, People's Rep; China

ABSTRACT The analysis of the spatial variability of soil properties is important for land management and construction of an ecological environment. The objectives of this study were to investigate the spatial variability of saturated hydraulic conductivity (KS), total porosity (TP), capillary porosi...