Study of water erosion in a ravine catchment: radiocesium method and GIS
Authors
- Lyubov N. Trofimetz OSU named after I.S. Turgenev , ОГУ им. И.С. Тургенева
- Evgeny A. Panidi St Petersburg University
- Andrey A. Lavrusevich Sergo Ordzhonikidze Russian State University for Geological Prospecting , Российский государственный геологоразведочный университет имени Серго Орджоникидзе (МГРИ)
- Alexander O. Barkalov Orel State University named after I.S. Turgenev
- Никита Александрович Туманов Orel State University named after I.S. Turgenev
- Arkady V. Tarasov Orel State University named after I.S. Turgenev
- Svetlana V. Shendyapina Moscow State University of Civil Engineering
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The article presents the estimation results for the soil runoff intensity observed due to water erosion in the experimental drainage basin of the ravine with an area of 135,000 sq. m. The experimental area is located within the basin of the Sukhaya Orlitsa River (a left tributary of the Oka River located within the Oryol region of the Russia). Gray forest soils of a 1110 kg/cu. m. density are common in the catchment area. A computation method for soil runoff observed due to water erosion is proposed, it is based upon the use of the properties of Chernobyl origin Caesium-137 that is able to mark soil with varying washout degree. The computational equations based upon the specific radioactivity of Caesium-137 (predictant), the catchment area and the profile curvature (predictors) were developed for eleven particular micro–catchments of ancient ravines and temporal streams (computational zones). The detected dependences are based upon more than 400 measurement of the Chernobyl origin Caesium-137 specific radioactivity at the sampling plots. Soil sampling was carried out from an arable horizon of 0–25 cm along the catenae located along the slope. The results of in situ measurements conducted from 2010 to 2024 were used. The digital elevation model (DEM) was produced from a 1:10,000 scale topographic data. Geomorphometric topography relief indicators (catchment area and profile curvature) were mapped using the DEM data and tools of the SAGA GIS software. The computational equations developed by the authors formed the basis for a soil runoff gridded map production. The maximum value of soil runoff estimated within the study area reached more than 20 tons/ha per year. Data on the delivery intensity of washed-out soil material collected in the drainage basin of the ravine (1.5–2.0 tons/ha per year) are presented. Exceeding by 20 times in the locally detected values of the soil runoff intensity compared to the intensity of soil runoff from the entire catchment area (calculated using the soil-morphological method) indicates the need for additional studies to clarify the location of areas of intra-slope accumulation of soil material. The accumulation areas can be marked by negative values of the profile curvature of the topography relief. The values of the profile curvature, which can be considered as marking accumulation zones on the profile curvature map is debatable (unresolved for today). It is assumed that the accumulation zones will include sections of the sloping surface located in places with positive but low values of the profile curvature in future studies. The practical significance of the study is composed of the first-time obtaining of a spatial distribution map showing spatial differentiation of the water erosion intensity in a small catchment area in the upper Oka basin.
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Ph.D. (Geography), Docent, OSU named after I.S. Turgenev, Orel, Russia, SPIN-ID: 9508-5650, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1305-1053 Ph.D. (Technical), Docent, Saint-Petersburg State University, Saint-Petersburg, Russia, SPIN-ID: 8637-6233 D.Sc. (Geology and Mineralogy), Professor, Sergo Ordzhonikidze Russian State University for Geological Prospecting, Moscow, Russia, All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Civil Defense and Emergencies of the Russian Ministry for Emergencies, Moscow, Russia, SPIN-ID: 9383-1829 Post-Graduate student, Orel State University named after I.S. Turgenev, Orel, Russia, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2365-837х Post-Graduate student, Orel State University named after I.S. Turgenev, Orel, Russia Senior Lecturer, Orel State University named after I.S. Turgenev, Orel, Russia Ph. D. (Technical), Docent, Moscow State Construction University, Moscow, Russia, SPIN-ID: 2974-4850
Lyubov N. Trofimetz
Evgeny A. Panidi
Andrey A. Lavrusevich
Alexander O. Barkalov
Никита Александрович Туманов
Arkady V. Tarasov
Svetlana V. Shendyapina
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