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Measuring and Mapping Patterns of Soil Erosion and Deposition Related to Soil Carbonate Concentrations Under Agricultural Management
Published on: September 12, 2017
[The deflation of the soils and the horizontal migration of 137Cs]
Abstract:
The results of the researching of 137Cs migration with deflation soils are presented. It was established, that on drained peat and on sod-podsolic sandy soils, subjected to the radioactive pollution, the deflation is a major factor of the horizontal carry radionuclides. The quantity indicators of the 137Cs migration depend on the density of the pollution of the top layer soils, on the intensity of deflationary processes and on the use of the agricultural grounds. At the identical density of the pollution on drained peat soils the 137Cs carry is higher on 25-35%, than on mineral easy ones. The decrease of the deflationary processes to maximum permissible levels (for the drained peat soils--0.2-0.5, for sandy soils--1.3 t/ha per one year) promotes the reduction of the 137Cs migration on drained peat soils on 92-94%, on sod-podsolic sandy soils--on 87%.
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