Beneficial effect of palm geotextiles on inter-rill erosion in South African soils and mine dam tailings : a rainfall simulator study
Citation DB
- Date
- 2011-01-01
- Language
- English
- Media Type
- research article
- Pages
- 181-189
- Keywords
- Soil conservation, Runoff, Geotextiles, beneficial effects, Chemical properties, Soil taxonomy, Inter-rill erodibility, Rainfall simulation, textural properties, mineralogical properties, Erosion control products, Palm geotextiles, Inter-rill erosion, Mine dam tailings, Rainfall simulator studies, Erosion-related variables, Palm mats, Erosion parameters, Sediment load, Stable aggregates, Final infiltration rates
- Authors
- Barnard, R.O., Buhmann, C., Paterson, D.G., Pienaar, G.M.E.
- Journal Title
- South African journal of plant and soil
- Volume
- 28
- ISSN
- 0257-1862
- Description
- Reports on a study undertaken to test the hypothesis that geotextiles are reported to be highly effective and economically viable erosion control products, by determining the extent of differences in erosion-related variables between bare soils and mine tailings and those covered with palm mats, via rainfall simulation. Comments that erosion parameters studied included runoff (RO), sediment load in the runoff (SL), percentage of stable aggregates (SA), final infiltration rate (FI) and inter-rill erodibility (Ki). Documents the suitability of palm geotextiles for soil conservation.
- Subject
- SOIL, BOTANY, CONSERVATION, AGRICULTURE, CROPS