[1]ZHOU Mingyue,WANG Wengang,ZHU Shoujun,et al.Study on Flexible Protection Measures for Gully Head Erosion in Loess Plateau[J].Research of Soil and Water Conservation,2019,26(03):7-10,15.
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Research of Soil and Water Conservation[ISSN 1005-3409/CN 61-1272/P] Volume:
26
Number of periods:
2019 03
Page number:
7-10,15
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Public date:
2019-04-12
- Title:
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Study on Flexible Protection Measures for Gully Head Erosion in Loess Plateau
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ZHOU Mingyue, WANG Wengang, ZHU Shoujun, WANG Jian, GAO Han
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College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- Keywords:
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flexible protection; scour pit; gully head protection; Loess Plateau
- CLC:
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S157.2
- DOI:
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- Abstract:
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The gully is interlaced on Loess Plateau and the water flow in the gully is continuously scouring the gully head, which can cause the bottom of the gully to cut and the gully wall to collapse, causing headward erosion. The flexible protective measures can be used to reduce water flow energy in order to prevent the water flow falling from the gully head from scouring the gully bottom and slowing the development of the gully erosion, and to protect the surface. The wheat straw and geotextile were used to cover the soil surface and examine the energy dissipation mechanism of these protective measures compared with the bare soil through indoor simulation experiment. The depth, diameter, area and volume of the scouring pit which caused by high water head and under different protective measures were measured, and the effect of flexible protective measures were analyzed quantitatively. The results showed that the depth of the scouring pit decreased linearly and the volume decreased exponentially with the increase of the amount of wheat straw, and the addition of geotextile could significantly improve the protective effect; under 4.93 m water head for 3 minutes washing, covering 2 400 g/m2 of wheat straw and a layer of geotextile could completely protect the soil surface from being washed away. The flexible protective measures have a good effect to reduce the water flow energy, and are effective in preventing the undercut of the gully bed, effectively protecting the plateau surface, preventing the erosion of the gully head.