Salesa, D.; Terol, E.; Cerda, A. (2019). Soil erosion on the "El Portalet" mountain trails in the Eastern Iberian Peninsula. The Science of The Total Environment. 661:504-513. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.01.192
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Soil erosion on the "El Portalet" mountain trails in the Eastern Iberian Peninsula
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Author:
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Salesa, David
Terol, Enric
Cerda, Artemi
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Universitat Politècnica de València. Departamento de Ingeniería Cartográfica Geodesia y Fotogrametría - Departament d'Enginyeria Cartogràfica, Geodèsia i Fotogrametria
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Abstract:
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[EN] Leisure activities in natural areas have experienced a large increase in popularity. In Mediterranean ecosystems, research on soil erosion in agriculture and forest fire affected land has been well developed but trail ...[+]
[EN] Leisure activities in natural areas have experienced a large increase in popularity. In Mediterranean ecosystems, research on soil erosion in agriculture and forest fire affected land has been well developed but trail erosion has not been widely studied. In this work we evaluated two trails in the eastern Iberian Peninsula to assess soil erosion rates and provide new data. The study area is located in a semi-arid Mediterranean climate (around 400 mm y(-1)) and in limestone terrain with scarce soil development. The average erosion rates were 24.39 Mg ha(-1) y(-1) and 40.40 Mg ha(-1) y(-1) for the "Barranc de la Cova de la Hedra" and "Casa del Raco" study trails, respectively. These are non-sustainable rates due to the shallow soils and slow soil development in Mediterranean ecosystems. We found that the depth at the centre of the trail and the maximum depth measured could quickly and easily assess soil erosion rates in the mountain trails. Measuring the width and depth in the centre of the trail can assess 91% of the total erosion and reduces the time of the survey by 80%. (C) 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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Subjects:
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Land degradation
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Recreational activities
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Mediterranean
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Topography
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Soil sustainability
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Copyrigths:
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Cerrado |
Source:
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The Science of The Total Environment. (issn:
0048-9697
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DOI:
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10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.01.192
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Publisher:
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Elsevier
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.01.192
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Project ID:
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info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/603498/EU/Preventing and Remediating degradation of soils in Europe through Land Care/
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Thanks:
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This research is one of the results of the RECARE-FP7 project (ENV.2013.6.2-4, http://recare-project.eu).Professor Eric C Brevik from Dickinson University improved the draft manuscript with key comments and suggestions. ...[+]
This research is one of the results of the RECARE-FP7 project (ENV.2013.6.2-4, http://recare-project.eu).Professor Eric C Brevik from Dickinson University improved the draft manuscript with key comments and suggestions. Mauro Ponsoda, Antonio Minervino, Antonio Gimenez Morera, Farhat Bayat and Kivanc Yuksul contributed to the field and laboratory work. Saskia Keesstra contributed to the writing of the draft manuscript and improved the last version.
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Artículo
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