Journal of Soil and Water Conservation-1988-Lowrance-195-9外文学习材料.pdfVIP

Erosion and deposition in a f ield/forest system estimated using cesium-I37 activity Richard Lowrance, Sherwood Mclntyre, and Clarence Lance ABSTRACE Soil erosion and deposition were estimated using Cs-137 activity within a 7.25-hafieldoorest system in the southeastern coastal plain. Soil erodedfrom the field was deposited both in the riparian (streamside) forest ecosystem and in downslope areas of thefield. Total activity, depth to peak activity, and depth to zero activity increased downslopefrom field to stream. Erosion and deposition rates, estimated by changes in activity per unit areafrom a reference undisturbedforest site, showed that about twice asmuch total deposition had takenplace as total erosion. Excess deposition was attributed to depositionfrom the upstreamportions of the watershed. Erosion and deposition rates estimated with this method were about 63 and 256 Mg. ha-. yr-l, respectively. Erosion and deposition rates estimated by two different calculation techniques were nearly iden- tical. These rates were considerably higher than rates estimated in an earlier study. The rates may be overestimated because the differential rates of Cs-137movement on clay par- ticles were not considered. The riparian ecosystem acted asa very efficient sediment trap. C o Jp o y