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Sediment budgets and source determinations using fallout Cesium-137 in a semiarid rangeland watershed, Arizona, USA

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JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY
卷 100, 期 8, 页码 637-643

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ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2009.05.008

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Cs-137; Erosion; Soil redistribution; Arid rangelands; Watersheds; Sediment budgets; Sediment sources

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Analysis of soil redistribution and sediment sources in semiarid and and watersheds provides information for implementing management practices to improve rangeland conditions and reduce sediment loads to streams. The purpose of this research was to develop sediment budgets and identify potential sediment sources using Cs-137 and other soil properties in a series of small semiarid subwatersheds on the USDA ARS Walnut Gulch Experimental Watershed near Tombstone, Arizona, USA. Soils were sampled in a grid pattern on two small subwatersheds and along transects associated with soils and geomorphology on six larger subwatersheds. Soil samples were analyzed for Cs-137 and selected physical and chemical properties (i.e., bulk density, rocks, particle size, soil organic carbon). Suspended sediment samples collected at measuring flume sites on the Walnut Gulch Experimental Watershed were also analyzed for these properties. Soil redistribution measured using (CS)-C-137 inventories for a small shrub-dominated subwatershed and a small grass-dominated subwatershed found eroding areas in these subwatersheds were losing -5.6 and -3.2 t ha(-1) yr(-1), respectively: however, a sediment budget for each of these subwatersheds, including depositional areas, found net soil loss to be -4.3 t ha(-1) yr(-1) from the shrub-dominated subwatershed and -0.1 t ha(-1) yr(-1) from the grass-dominated subwatershed. Generally, the suspended sediment collected at the flumes of the six other subwatersheds was enriched in silt and clay. Using a mixing model to determine sediment source indicated that shrub-dominated subwatersheds were contributing most of the suspended sediment that was measured at the outlet flume of the Walnut Gulch Experimental Watershed. The two methodologies (sediment budgets and sediment source analyses) indicate that shrub-dominated systems provide more suspended sediment to the stream systems. The sediment budget studies also suggest that sediment yields measured at the outlet of a watershed may be a poor indicator of actual soil redistribution rates within these semiarid watersheds. Management of these semiarid rangelands must consider techniques that will protect grass-dominated areas from shrub invasion to improve rangeland conditions. Published by Elsevier Ltd.

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