Sediment source fingerprinting: benchmarking recent outputs, remaining challenges and emerging themes

AL Collins, M Blackwell, P Boeckx, CA Chivers… - Journal of Soils and …, 2020 - Springer
Purpose This review of sediment source fingerprinting assesses the current state-of-the-art,
remaining challenges and emerging themes. It combines inputs from international scientists …

Fallout radionuclides (FRNs) for measuring soil erosion in the Himalayan region: A versatile and potent method for steep sloping hilly and mountainous landscapes

S Kumar, AD Raj, S Mariappan - Catena, 2024 - Elsevier
The Himalayan hills and mountains are very fragile and being threatened by land
degradation due to soil erosion by water, poses serious challenges to the soil ecosystem …

Soil erosion assessment in Northwestern Morocco

S Acharki, F El Qorchi, Y Arjdal, M Amharref… - Remote Sensing …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, the climate and land use change impact on soil water erosion in Loukkos
watershed (northwestern Morocco) was assessed. This watershed is known by its intense …

[HTML][HTML] Integration of Isotopic and Nuclear Techniques to Assess Water and Soil Resources' Degradation: A Critical Review

JL Peralta Vital, LE Calvo Gobbetti, Y Llerena Padrón… - Applied Sciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
Isotopic and nuclear techniques are indispensable in many fields, including health, industry,
food, and agriculture. The techniques discussed, collectively known as fallout radionuclide …

Soil redistribution rates along the forested and cultivated steep hillslope in the mid‐Himalayas using fallout—137Cs and RUSLE model

A David Raj, S Kumar, KR Sooryamol… - Land Degradation & …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Soil erosion emerged as a significant land degradation concern, causing serious threat to
soil ecosystem services in the Himalayan region. The complex topography of the region …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial distribution of fallout and lithogenic radionuclides controlled by soil carbon and water erosion in an agroforestry South-Pyrenean catchment

L Gaspar, I Lizaga, A Navas - Geoderma, 2021 - Elsevier
The mineral composition of soils and weathering processes are known to control the natural
radioactivity of soils but research on the influence of water erosion and of main soil …

Spatially distributed soil losses and sediment yield: A case study of Langat watershed, Selangor, Malaysia

NF Yusof, T Lihan, WMR Idris, ZA Rahman… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2021 - Elsevier
Soil erosion is one of the major environmental issues faced globally, causing other
environmental-related problems, such as loss of fertile soil, reduced water quality, and …

Using depression deposits to reconstruct human impact on sediment yields from a small karst catchment over the past 600 years

Y Zhang, Y Long, X Zhang, Z Pei, X Lu, Z Wu, M Xu… - Geoderma, 2020 - Elsevier
Assessment of long-term human impact on sediment yields from karst settings can improve
our understanding of the pattern of soil erosion causing rocky desertification in the historical …

137Cs radiotracer in investigating influence of hillslope positions and land use on soil erosion and soil organic carbon stock—A case study in the Himalayan region

A David Raj, S Kumar, KR Sooryamol… - Soil Use and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The topography and land use/land cover (LULC) of the hillslope play a significant influence
on soil erosion because of water, which is considered as a principal factor for the reduction …

Farm size increase alters the contribution of land use types to sources of river sediment

H Guo, Y Li, TP Abegunrin, KS Are, X Wang… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2023 - Elsevier
Farm size increase (FSI) accelerates soil erosion and sediment loss into the river. However,
it is not clear how large-scale management, including FSI, changes the proportion of …