Soil Atterberg Limits and Consistency Indices as Influenced by Land Use and Slope Position in Western Iran
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| 作者 | Zahra ZOLFAGHARI; Mohamamd Reza MOSADDEGHI; Shamsollah AYOUBI; Hamid KELISHADI |
| 刊名 | Journal of Mountain Science
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| 出版日期 | 2015-11 |
| 卷号 | 12期号:6页码:1471-1483 |
| 关键词 | Land use Slope position Atterberg limits Soil consistency Relative bulk density Complexed organic carbon |
| ISSN号 | 1672-6316 |
| 通讯作者 | Mohamamd Reza MOSADDEGHI |
| 英文摘要 | Atterberg limits and consistency indices are used for classifications of cohesive (fine-grained) soils in relation with compaction and tillage practices. They also provide information for interpreting several soil mechanical and physical properties such as shear strength, compressibility, shrinkage and swelling potentials. Although, several studies have been conducted regarding the land use effects on various soil mechanical properties, little is known about the effects of land use and slope positions on Atterberg limits and consistency indices. This study was conducted to investigate the effects of land use and slope position on selected soil physical and chemical properties, Atterberg limits and consistency indices in hilly region of western Iran. Three land uses including dryland farming, irrigated farming and pasture and four slope positions (i.e., shoulder, backslope, footslope, and toeslope) were used for soil samplings. One hundred eleven soil samples were collected from the surface soil (0‒10 cm). Selected physical and chemical properties, liquid limit (LL), plastic limit (PL) and shrinkage limit (SL) were measured using the standard methods; and consistency indices including plastic index (PI), friability index (FI), shrinkage index (SI) and soil activity (A=PI/clay) were calculated. The results showed that irrigated farming significantly increased organic matter content (OM) and OM/clay ratio, and decreased bulk density (ρb) and relative bulk density (ρb-rel) as a result of higher biomass production and plant residues added to the soil compared to other land uses. Except for sand content, OM, ρb, cation exchange capacity (CEC) and calcium carbonate equivalent (CCE), slope position significantly affected soil physical and chemical properties. The highest values of silt, OM/clay and CEC/clay were found in the toeslope position, predominantly induced by soil redistribution within the landscape. The use of complexed (COC) ‒ non-complexed organic carbon (NCOC) concept indicated that majority of the studied soils were located below the saturation line and the OM in the soils was mainly in the COC form. The LL, PI, FI and A showed significant differences among the land uses; the highest values belonged to the irrigated farming due to high biomass production and plant residues returned to the soils. Furthermore, slope position significantly affected the Atterberg limits and consistency indices except for SL. The highest values of LL, PI, SI and A were observed in the toeslope position probably because of higher OM and CEC/clay due to greater amount of expandable phyllosilicate clays.Overall, soils on the toeslope under irrigated farming with high LL and SI and low values of FI need careful tillage management to avoid soil compaction. |
| 收录类别 | SCI |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 源URL | [http://ir.imde.ac.cn/handle/131551/11049]  |
| 专题 | 成都山地灾害与环境研究所_Journal of Mountain Science _Journal of Mountain Science-2015_Vol12 No.6 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Zahra ZOLFAGHARI,Mohamamd Reza MOSADDEGHI,Shamsollah AYOUBI,et al. Soil Atterberg Limits and Consistency Indices as Influenced by Land Use and Slope Position in Western Iran[J]. Journal of Mountain Science,2015,12(6):1471-1483. |
| APA | Zahra ZOLFAGHARI,Mohamamd Reza MOSADDEGHI,Shamsollah AYOUBI,&Hamid KELISHADI.(2015).Soil Atterberg Limits and Consistency Indices as Influenced by Land Use and Slope Position in Western Iran.Journal of Mountain Science,12(6),1471-1483. |
| MLA | Zahra ZOLFAGHARI,et al."Soil Atterberg Limits and Consistency Indices as Influenced by Land Use and Slope Position in Western Iran".Journal of Mountain Science 12.6(2015):1471-1483. |
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