Features of soil redistribution and major element migration in a karst hillslope of Southwest China

作     者：SONG Chang-shun JI Hong-bing Howard Omar BECKFORD CHU Hua-shuo ZHANG Kun WANG Shi-jie 

作者机构：State Key Laboratory of Environmental GeochemistryInstitute of GeochemistryChinese Academy of SciencesGuiyang 550002China School of Energy and Environmental EngineeringUniversity of Science and Technology BeijingBeijing 100083China Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing 100049China 

出 版 物：《Journal of Mountain Science》 (山地科学学报（英文）)

年 卷 期：2018年第15卷第9期

页      面：1892-1908页

核心收录：

学科分类：082802[工学-农业水土工程] 090707[农学-水土保持与荒漠化防治] 0907[农学-林学] 08[工学] 0828[工学-农业工程] 09[农学] 0815[工学-水利工程] 

基　　金：supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)grants(Grant Nos.41473122,41073096) the National Key Basic Research Program of China(2013CB956702) the Hundred Talents Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences 

主　　题：137Cs Karst Hillslope components Soilerosion Major element migration 

摘      要：In this study, we investigated the spatial characteristics of the rate of soil distribution and the mechanism of major element migration in a typical karst hillslope in Guangxi Province, Southwestern China. Soil redistribution was examined using (137~)Cs technique under different hillslope components. With the combination of geochemical methods, the migration characteristics of major elements in soils of three hillslope components in both the horizontal and vertical directions were determined. Thirty-seven soil samples were collected and analyzed for 137 Cs and the major elements were determined. By using the profile distribution model the mean soil redistribution rates were found to be-17.01, 0.40 and-23.30t ha-1 yr-1 in the summit(BYSD), shoulder(BYSY) and toeslope(BYSJ) components of the studied hillslope, respectively. In comparison to BYSD, the sesquioxides of Fe_2O_3 and TiO_2 tend to be enriched, whereas the alkalis(CaO, MgO, Na_2O and K_2O) tend to be depleted, both in the shoulder and toeslope components. Due to human and animal activities, the contents of CaO, MgO, K_2O and Na_2O have somewhat increased within the topsoil. The results indicated that (137~)Cs activities are significantly correlated with clay particles and organic matter, and are affected by the pedogenic process and vegatation. Overall, it maybe necessary to use techniques such as (137~)Cs to investigate soil erosion with the combination of geochemical methods.