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Author : Commandeur, P.R.
Date : 1992
Title : Soil erosion studies using rainfall simulation on forest harvested areas in British Columbia
Publication : Erosion, Debris and Environment in Mountain Regions IAHS Publication. Edited by: D.E. Walling; T.R. Davies and B. Hasholt B.
Issue : 209
Page(s) : 21-28
Abstract
A field portable rainfall simulator was employed to determine the infiltration and soil erosion response of forest harvested areas (skidroads, fireguards, and slash burned sites) in coastal British Columbia. The results indicate that infiltration capacity decreases as bulk density and coarse fragment content increase. The suspended sediment concentration of the overland flow was found to increase as the volume of the runoff increased. However, variability in suspended sediment concentrations was high for the highest runoff volumes which suggests that other factors such as soil texture, slope gradient and surface armouring also have important effects. Future work will investigate the role of soil texture on infiltration and soil erosion.
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