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The Effect of Land Use Change on Transformation of Relief and Modification of Soils in Undulating Loess Area of East Poland
The change of primary forest areas into arable land involves the transformation of relief and modification of soils. In this study, we hypothesized that relatively flat loess area was largely transformed after the change of land use due to erosion. The modifications in soil pedons and distribution o...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4295606/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25614883 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/341804 |
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author | Rejman, Jerzy Rafalska-Przysucha, Anna Rodzik, Jan |
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description | The change of primary forest areas into arable land involves the transformation of relief and modification of soils. In this study, we hypothesized that relatively flat loess area was largely transformed after the change of land use due to erosion. The modifications in soil pedons and distribution of soil properties were studied after 185 years of arable land use. Structure of pedons and solum depth were measured in 128 and soil texture and soil organic carbon in 39 points. Results showed that soils of noneroded and eroded profiles occupied 14 and 50%, respectively, and depositional soils 36% of the area. As a consequence, the clay, silt, and SOC concentration varied greatly in the plowed layer and subsoil. The reconstructed profiles of eroded soils and depositional soils without the accumulation were used to develop the map of past relief. The average inclination of slopes decreased from 4.3 to 2.2°, and slopes >5° vanished in the present topography. Total erosion was 23.8 Mg ha(−1) year(−1). From that amount, 88% was deposited within the study area, and 12% was removed outside. The study confirmed the hypothesis of the significant effect of the land use change on relief and soils in loess areas. |
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spelling | pubmed-42956062015-01-22 The Effect of Land Use Change on Transformation of Relief and Modification of Soils in Undulating Loess Area of East Poland Rejman, Jerzy Rafalska-Przysucha, Anna Rodzik, Jan ScientificWorldJournal Research Article The change of primary forest areas into arable land involves the transformation of relief and modification of soils. In this study, we hypothesized that relatively flat loess area was largely transformed after the change of land use due to erosion. The modifications in soil pedons and distribution of soil properties were studied after 185 years of arable land use. Structure of pedons and solum depth were measured in 128 and soil texture and soil organic carbon in 39 points. Results showed that soils of noneroded and eroded profiles occupied 14 and 50%, respectively, and depositional soils 36% of the area. As a consequence, the clay, silt, and SOC concentration varied greatly in the plowed layer and subsoil. The reconstructed profiles of eroded soils and depositional soils without the accumulation were used to develop the map of past relief. The average inclination of slopes decreased from 4.3 to 2.2°, and slopes >5° vanished in the present topography. Total erosion was 23.8 Mg ha(−1) year(−1). From that amount, 88% was deposited within the study area, and 12% was removed outside. The study confirmed the hypothesis of the significant effect of the land use change on relief and soils in loess areas. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014 2014-12-31 /pmc/articles/PMC4295606/ /pubmed/25614883 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/341804 Text en Copyright © 2014 Jerzy Rejman et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Rejman, Jerzy Rafalska-Przysucha, Anna Rodzik, Jan The Effect of Land Use Change on Transformation of Relief and Modification of Soils in Undulating Loess Area of East Poland |
title | The Effect of Land Use Change on Transformation of Relief and Modification of Soils in Undulating Loess Area of East Poland |
title_full | The Effect of Land Use Change on Transformation of Relief and Modification of Soils in Undulating Loess Area of East Poland |
title_fullStr | The Effect of Land Use Change on Transformation of Relief and Modification of Soils in Undulating Loess Area of East Poland |
title_full_unstemmed | The Effect of Land Use Change on Transformation of Relief and Modification of Soils in Undulating Loess Area of East Poland |
title_short | The Effect of Land Use Change on Transformation of Relief and Modification of Soils in Undulating Loess Area of East Poland |
title_sort | effect of land use change on transformation of relief and modification of soils in undulating loess area of east poland |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4295606/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25614883 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/341804 |
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