https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index en-au 5 The role of soils in regulation and provision of blue and green water https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:53449 Wed 07 Feb 2024 16:36:43 AEDT ]]> Testing simple scaling in soil erosion processes at plot scale https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:41434 Wed 03 Aug 2022 14:19:25 AEST ]]> Comparing transient and steady-state analysis of single-ring infiltrometer data for an abandoned field affected by fire in Eastern Spain https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:32351 fs, of an unmanaged field affected by fire by means of single-ring infiltrometer runs and the use of transient and steady-state data analysis procedures. Sampling and measurements were carried out in 2012 and 2017 in a fire-affected field (burnt site) and in a neighboring non-affected site (control site). The predictive potential of different data analysis procedures (i.e., transient and steady-state) to yield proper Kfs estimates was investigated. In particular, the transient WU1 method and the BB, WU2 and OPD methods were compared. The cumulative linearization (CL) method was used to apply the WU1 method. Values of Kfs ranging from 0.87 to 4.21 mm·h-1 were obtained, depending on the considered data analysis method. The WU1 method did not yield significantly different Kfs estimates between the sampled sites throughout the five-year period, due to the generally poor performance of the CL method, which spoiled the soil hydraulic characterization. In particular, good fits were only obtained in 23% of the cases. The BB, WU2 and the OPD methods, with a characterization based exclusively on a stabilized infiltration process, yielded an appreciably lower variability of the Kfs data as compared with the WU1 method. It was concluded that steady-state methods were more appropriate for detecting slight changes of Kfs in post-fire soil hydraulic characterizations. Our results showed a certain degree of soil degradation at the burnt site with an immediate reduction of the soil organic matter and a progressive increase of the soil bulk density during the five years following the fire. This general impoverishment resulted in a slight but significant decrease in the field-saturated soil hydraulic conductivity.]]> Mon 23 Sep 2019 13:14:44 AEST ]]> Long-term impact of rainfed agricultural land abandonment on soil erosion in the Western Mediterranean basin https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:34027 Fri 01 Feb 2019 13:10:56 AEDT ]]>