Wang Lijuan, Su Zhengan, Zhou Tao, et al. Impacts of Soil Erosion on Spatial Patterns of Soil Organic Carbon and Total Nitrogen in Terraced Fields and Complex Sloping Land of Southeast Tibet[J]. Bulletin of Soiland Water Conservation, 2022, 42(5): 293-300.
DOI:
Wang Lijuan, Su Zhengan, Zhou Tao, et al. Impacts of Soil Erosion on Spatial Patterns of Soil Organic Carbon and Total Nitrogen in Terraced Fields and Complex Sloping Land of Southeast Tibet[J]. Bulletin of Soiland Water Conservation, 2022, 42(5): 293-300. DOI: 10.13961/j.cnki.stbctb.2022.05.036.
Impacts of Soil Erosion on Spatial Patterns of Soil Organic Carbon and Total Nitrogen in Terraced Fields and Complex Sloping Land of Southeast Tibet
[Objective] The impacts of soil erosion on the spatial distribution of soil organic carbon (SOC) and total nitrogen (TN) in the sloping farmland of the Southeast Tibet Plateau were determined in order to provide a scientific basis for land resource utilization and soil resource conservation. [Methods] Spatial patterns of soil erosion were investigated using the 137Cs tracer method combined with field investigation. Correlations between 137Cs inventories and inventories of SOC and TN were determined using correlation analysis. [Results] For the terraced toposequence
discrete patterns of 137Cs inventories were found
and an abrupt increase in 137Cs inventories was observed between lower slope positions of the upper terrace and the upper slope position of an adjacent lower terrace. A fluctuating increasing trend in 137Cs inventories was observed from the upper terrace to the lower terrace. A gradual increasing trend in 137Cs inventories appeared within a terrace
indicating that soil loss occurred at the upper slope positions and soil deposition appeared at the lower slope positions. For sloping farmland
increasing and decreasing trends in 137Cs inventories appeared along the slope transects
accompanied by decreasing and increasing trends in the soil erosion rate. Low 137Cs inventories were observed at the summit and toe slope positions of sloping farmland
and the highest 137Cs inventories were found at the middle slope positions. ③ Inventories of SOC and TN showed similar spatial patterns to those observed for 137Cs inventories
and a linear relationship was found between137Cs inventories and SOC and TN inventories (p<0.05). [Conclusion] Soil erosion was one of the most important driving forces affecting SOC and TN transport along a slope transect. Overall
the spatial patterns of 137Cs can be used to trace spatial patterns of SOC and TN in the sloping farmland of the Southeast Tibet Plateau. The 137Cs tracing method was a useful tool to elucidate the redistribution and migration of soil and nutrients on a slope. Furthermore
tillage erosion should be given the same attention as water erosion in order to prevent and control soil erosion in this area.
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