Feng Jiaxin, Wang Haibing, Liu Xiya, et al. Characteristics of Changes in Factors Influencing Wind Erosion and Erodibility of Soils in Mu Us Sandland During Desertification Reversal[J]. Bulletin of Soiland Water Conservation, 2023, 43(6): 1-9.
DOI:
Feng Jiaxin, Wang Haibing, Liu Xiya, et al. Characteristics of Changes in Factors Influencing Wind Erosion and Erodibility of Soils in Mu Us Sandland During Desertification Reversal[J]. Bulletin of Soiland Water Conservation, 2023, 43(6): 1-9. DOI: 10.13961/j.cnki.stbctb.2023.06.001.
Characteristics of Changes in Factors Influencing Wind Erosion and Erodibility of Soils in Mu Us Sandland During Desertification Reversal
[Objective] The influences of the desertification reversal process on soil wind erosion in the Mu Us sandland were studied in order to provide a scientific reference for the prevention and control of wind erosion and for ecological reconstruction in this area. [Methods] A total of eight remote sensing images were selected from 1986 to 2021
and ENVI 5.3 and ArcGIS 10.7 were used as the platform to invert the desertification of land in different periods in the Mu Us sandland. A desertification difference index (DDI) was constructed for the study area in 2021
and land in the Mu Us sandland was classified as non-
light
moderate
severe
and very severe desertification according to the natural fracture method. According to the inversion results
we applied the method of space instead of time to collect soil samples of different desertification types. We tested the soil samples and analyzed them for soil wind erosion erodibility influencing factors
such as soil mechanical composition
soil organic matter content
soil crust factor
and vegetation factors. [Results] The overall desertification of the Mu Us sandland tended to decline from 1986 to 2021
and the desertified land area shrank from 47 877.81 km2 in 1986 to 45 914.06 km2 in 2021 (a reversal rate of 56.11 km2/a). Desertification could be divided into three periods:1986-2001 was the desertification development period that exhibited decreasing trends for soil clay
silt
and organic matter content
and increasing trends for soil sand content
soil crust factor
and vegetation factors; 2001-2011 was the period of significant desertification reversal; and 2011-2021 was the desertification stabilization period. During the reversal period
the percentage content of soil clay
silt
and organic matter showed an increasing trend
and the soil sand grain percentage content
soil crust factor
and vegetation factors showed a decreasing trend. The greater the degree of reversal
the faster the rate of change of the factors. As desertification degree weakened
the percentage content of soil clay
silt
and organic matter showed a linear increasing trend
with increasing rates of 1.55%
7.08% and 1.98%
respectively. The values of soil sand grain percentage
crust factor
and vegetation factors showed a linear decreasing trend
with decreasing rates of 8.62%
0.13% and 0.23%
respectively. [Conclusion] The reversal process of desertification in the Mu Us sandland caused soil structure to become finer
crusts to develop
vegetation to increase
and soil erosion resistance to increase
thereby significantly inhibiting wind erosion of soil.
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