Raindrop Energy Impact on the Distribution Characteristics of Splash Aggregates of Cultivated Dark Loessial Cores

• Published in: Water (Basel) Vol. 11; no. 7; p. 1514
• Main Authors: Fu, Yu, Li, Guanglu, Wang, Dong, Zheng, Tenghui, Yang, Mingxi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.07.2019
• Subjects: Aggregates; Aquatic resources; China; Energy; Experiments; fractal dimensions; Fractals; Loam soils; Loess; Moisture content; Particle size; Permeability; rain; rainfall energy; soil aggregates; Soil erosion; splash erosion; trees; Velocity; China; Loess Plateau

To determine the effect of different rainfall energy levels on the breakdown of soil aggregates, this study analyzed the soil splash erosion amounts and the distribution of particle sizes under six rainfall conditions (rainfall energy: 2.41 × 10−5–22.4 × 10−5 J m−2 s−1 and 1.29 × 10−4 J m−2 s−1) at...