Long-term Spatially Distributed Solutional Erosion: How Do We Put Solutes on the Map?

✍ Scribed by Trudgill, Stephen; Wise, Stephen

• Book ID: 101218698
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 29 KB
• Volume: 22
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0360-1269
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9837(199703)22:3<281::aid-esp756>3.0.co;2-f

✦ Synopsis

Much of the short-term solute process research in the last 20 years has focused on hydrochemical behaviour. This can help with the identification of solute source area type, but not the actual location of the solutional loss. The location and the spatial distribution of erosion are crucial to the identification of long-term landscape evolution. The way ahead lies in the fact that catchment budgeting and geochemical studies have been able to provide solute uptake rates. If these can be related to soil type, through a knowledge of soil mineralogy, reactive surface area and water flow rate, it may be possible to characterize the location and spatial distribution of solutional erosion through terrain analysis and soil maps in a geographical information system.