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Evaluation of field performance of BEST aeolian sediment catcher in sandy-loam soil of arid zone of Turkey

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  • Mustafa BAŞARAN

    (Department of Soil Science, Seyrani Faculty of Agriculture, Erciyes University, Develi, Kayseri, Turkey
    Erciyes University Technology Transfer Office, Melikgazi, Kayseri, Turkey)

  • Oguzhan UZUN

    (Department of Soil Science, Seyrani Faculty of Agriculture, Erciyes University, Develi, Kayseri, Turkey)

  • Gunay ERPUL

    (Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ankara, Ankara, Turkey
    Earth Sciences Application and Research Center of Ankara University, Diskapi-Ankara, Turkey)

Abstract

Field measurement of wind erosion is still a great challenge for researchers. In this study, field performance of a newly designed sediment trap BEST (Basaran and Erpul Sediment Trap) was evaluated for the first time and compared with the commonly used Modified Wilson and Cook (MWAC) traps. Experiments were carried out at the Karapinar Research Station of Konya Soil and Water Resources Institute over the 50 × 50 m tilled sandy loam plot. Three wind erosion events occurred during the experiments. A small amount of sediment was trapped by the MWAC traps only at 0.20 m in all three events, and there were not sufficient sediment measurements at the catch heights to obtain vertical mass flux profiles. On the other hand, BEST was able to catch sufficient amount of sediment at each trap height to calculate soil losses from the experimental fields. Besides, an analysis for particle size characteristics by electron microscopy imagery indicated that almost all of the sediment particles trapped by BEST at any height above 0.60 m were smaller than 100 mm. Hereby, during three erosive wind events a better performance of BEST than of MWAC at comparable catch heights was verified.

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  • Mustafa BAŞARAN & Oguzhan UZUN & Gunay ERPUL, 2017. "Evaluation of field performance of BEST aeolian sediment catcher in sandy-loam soil of arid zone of Turkey," Soil and Water Research, Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences, vol. 12(2), pages 96-105.
    • Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlswr:v:12:y:2017:i:2:id:55-2016-swr
    DOI: 10.17221/55/2016-SWR
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    1. Ate Poortinga & Jan van Minnen & Joep Keijsers & Michel Riksen & Dirk Goossens & Manuel Seeger, 2013. "Measuring Fast-Temporal Sediment Fluxes with an Analogue Acoustic Sensor: A Wind Tunnel Study," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 8(9), pages 1-15, September.
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