Os solos pedregosos cobrem a maior parte da faixa Mediterrânica, regra geral ocupando as zonas de elevado risco potencial de erosão, como por exemplo as superfícies de relevo ondulado e as áreas de montanha. Tratando-se de terras cultivadas, muitas vezes desde longa data, às condições topográficas junta-se o uso do solo como factor potenciador do risco de erosão. A aplicação de medidas de controlo da erosão imp...
A pedregosidade dos solos é uma característica de avaliação complexa, em regra objecto de estimativas pouco fiáveis, e quantitativamente mal conhecida no seu significado e nos seus efeitos. Todavia, é uma característica incontornável na análise de processos pedológicos, geoquímicos e geomorfológicos. A abordagem integrada destes processos é rara e mais ainda quando centrada numa propriedade de importancia comp...
Soils with rock fragments have been studied under several aspects in the last years. Research shows that a single pattern in the erosional response of these soils to rainfalls is not always found. In order to contribute to the understanding of this topic, an experiment was carried out, simulating interrill areas covered by rock fragments. This paper specifically aims at presenting and discussing temporal chang...
O papel da pedregosidade tem vindo a merecer, nos últimos anos, crescente interesse no quadro dos estudos sobre erosão dos solos. Se por um lado é reconhecida a influencia das características dos elementos grosseiros na perda de solo, a incorporação desse efeito na modelação dos processos erosivos em solos pedregosos é ainda incipiente. Com o objectivo de testar o efeito de várias características dos elementos...
In Mediterranean areas the dynamics of gully development act as an important indicator of desertification. However, little is known about the influence of climate and land-use changes, and almost no field data exist to assess the sensitivity of a landscape to gully erosion. Two important components of gully erosion studies are the prediction of where gullies begin and where they end. To address some of these is...
The role played by rock fragments in water erosion has received much attention in recent years. Knowledge of the effects of rock fragment characteristics on interrill erosion is incomplete. Hence, in order to investigate these effects on a small scale, a simulation experiment was conducted in Bragança, Northeast Portugal. The experimental setup consisted of 48 bottom perforated rectangular metal boxes (612 cm2)...
Soil surface roughness is a dynamic property which determines, to a large extent, erosion and infiltration rates. Although soils containing rock fragments are widespread in the Mediterranean region, the effect of the latter on surface roughness evolution is yet poorly understood. Therefore, laboratory experiments were conducted in order to investigate the effect of rock fragment content, rock fragment size and ...
To understand better the role of rock fragments in soil and water conservation processes, the effects of rock fragments in maintaining a favourable soil structure and thus also in preventing physical degradation of tilled soils was studied. Laboratory experiments were conducted to investigate the effects of rock fragment content, rock fragment size, initial soil moisture content of the fine earth and surface ro...
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