Response of soil moisture to prewinter conditions and rainfall events at different distances to gully banks in the Mollisol region of China

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第一作者： Wen, Yanru

作者： Wen, Yanru;Liu, Bao;Yu, Qiangyi;Xu, Yanyan;Wu, Wenbin;Song, Qian;Liu, Bao;Xu, Yanyan;Li, Ting-Yong;Lin, Litao;Zhang, Bin;Wu, Wenbin;Song, Qian

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关键词： gully bank; gully erosion; Mollisol region; prewinter soil moisture; rainfall events; soil moisture response

期刊名称：EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS （ 影响因子：3.3； 五年影响因子：3.9 ）

ISSN： 0197-9337

年卷期： 2024 年 49 卷 6 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Soil moisture patterns are crucial factors in gully bank erosion and may significantly vary depending on the water conditions before winter freezing. Rainfall events can evoke different moisture responses throughout the soil profile of gullies. However, the relative importance of prewinter conditions and rainfall events to the soil moisture responses of gully banks in seasonally frozen regions remains unclear. In this study, a field infiltration experiment of a gully bank with four prewinter soil moisture regimes and three replicates was conducted in October 2017 in the Mollisol region of China. We aimed to elucidate the temporal variations in moisture responses under different prewinter water treatments at various distances to the gully bank after three representative rainfall events in 2018. The response magnitude ( increment s) varied widely and was largest in the intermediate layers (30-50 cm) for wetter prewinter regimes (i.e., HI and MED) but was larger in the upper soil layers (0-30 cm) for drier prewinter regimes (i.e., CK and LO). In contrast to the findings of other studies, we found that the relative influences of prewinter conditions and rainfall events on the soil moisture responses varied with soil depth and distance to the gully edge. The soil moisture response increased with rainfall depth, and the effect of prewinter conditions dominated until the end of the rainy season (August). The most important explanatory variables for the response magnitude ( increment s) were rainfall events (46%), soil depth (10%), and prewinter conditions (7%). This study increases the understanding of the heterogeneity in soil moisture responses and the relationship to rainfall events under different prewinter conditions on gully banks in the Mollisol region. Understanding subsurface hydrological processes and identifying the relative importance of prewinter conditions and rainfall are beneficial for building gully bank erosion models for seasonally frozen regions. Gully sites with drier prewinter conditions, that is, sites in the upslope position, south-facing gully banks, and sites with less snow cover, should receive particular attention to prevent and control gully erosion. image

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