Effect of clearing and roading operations on the permeability of forest soils, Karuah catchment, New South Wales, Australia

Steady state infiltrability and sorptivity were reduced as a result of logging operations in the Karuah catchment. The decrease was approximately 100-fold on areas built over by roads. Saturated hydraulic conductivity of the upper 0.5 m of soil is reduced by clearing operations, but does not appear...

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Published inForest ecology and management Vol. 9; no. 4; pp. 283 - 293
Main Author Riley, S.J.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.01.1984
Elsevier
Subjects
Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions
Biological and medical sciences
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Soil erosion, conservation, land management and development
Soil science
Water
Hydrology
Road
Forest thinning
Soil
Forest
Australia
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Summary:Steady state infiltrability and sorptivity were reduced as a result of logging operations in the Karuah catchment. The decrease was approximately 100-fold on areas built over by roads. Saturated hydraulic conductivity of the upper 0.5 m of soil is reduced by clearing operations, but does not appear to be further influenced by road construction.
ISSN:0378-1127
1872-7042
DOI:10.1016/0378-1127(84)90014-8