[1]MENG Zhongju,WANG Meng,GAO Yong,et al.Soil Coarse Graining Process Based on Surface Grain Size Distribution in Xilamuren Desert Steppe[J].Research of Soil and Water Conservation,2017,24(06):22-28.
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Research of Soil and Water Conservation[ISSN 1005-3409/CN 61-1272/P] Volume:
24
Number of periods:
2017 06
Page number:
22-28
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Public date:
2017-11-24
- Title:
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Soil Coarse Graining Process Based on Surface Grain Size Distribution in Xilamuren Desert Steppe
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MENG Zhongju1, WANG Meng2, GAO Yong1, MAO Zhenhua3, WANG Ji1, CHEN Shichao1, AN Zhengfeng4
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1. College of Desert Science and Engineer, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot 010018, China;
2. College of Forestry, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China;
3. Erdos City Water Science Institute, Erdos, Inner Mongolia 017000, China;
4. Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest A & F University, Yangling 712100, China
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- Keywords:
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granularity parameter; soil; vegetation coverage; desert steppe
- CLC:
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S152.3
- DOI:
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- Abstract:
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Grassland degradation characteristics have been transformed by changes in vegetation primarily for soil degradation stage, to a certain extent, its vegetation change can reflect the status and process of degradation. The wind erosion situation of different degradation stage in Xilamuren desert grassland was studied, which is of great significance for protecting and utilizing grassland resources in this area properly. In this research, the top soils (0-1 cm) of 7 different types of vegetation coverage (0%, 5%, 20%, 40%, 60%, 80% and 100%) were selected. In order to analyze the soil particle size characteristics in desert steppe, laser diffraction technique was used to identify the soil particle size distributions, and the particle size parameters such as the average particle size, standard deviation, skewness, kurtosis and fractal dimension were calculated. The results indicated that:(1) most topsoil particle sizes in desert steppe were mainly sand and silt, while the clay content was low; (2) With the decrease of the coverage, the average particle size became bigger, the sorting characteristics got better and the frequency curve changed by nearly symmetrical to positive skewness and partial negative skewness eventually, the kurtosis changed from the sharp to the flat, fractal dimension increased first and reduced later; (3) the particle size distribution was bimodal distribution, the smaller basic coverage was, the more obvious of the second wave lagged behind, and the lower level of uniform distribution was, the more coarse of particle size of the particles concentration was.