SOIL-EROSION FROM A SINGLE RAINSTORM OVER AN AREA IN EAST-LOTHIAN, SCOTLAND

Authors
FROST CA SPEIRS RB
Citation
Ca. Frost et Rb. Speirs, SOIL-EROSION FROM A SINGLE RAINSTORM OVER AN AREA IN EAST-LOTHIAN, SCOTLAND, Soil use and management, 12(1), 1996, pp. 8-12
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Agriculture Soil Science
Journal title
Soil use and management → ACNP
ISSN journal
02660032
Volume
12
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
8 - 12
Database
ISI
SICI code
0266-0032(1996)12:1<8:SFASRO>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
An area of about 24 km(2) in arable East Lothian, Scotland, was examin ed for soil erosion by water following a severe rainstorm in October 1 990. Significant erosion was found in only 10 fields out of 265 in an area where topography, soils and cropping suggest a high erosion risk. Doubt is cast on some assessments of the widespread risk of significa nt soil erosion by water in arable areas of the UK.