Rainfall‐induced soil surface sealing can have severe agricultural, hydrological, and
environmental effects. Seal formation is a complex phenomenon dominated by a wide …

Soil erosion has significant implications for land productivity and surface water quality, as
sediment is the leading water pollutant worldwide. Here, erosion processes are defined. The …

The objectives of this study were to investigate (i) the effect of soil organic matter (OM)
content on the mechanisms that form a seal, and (ii) the OM content and aggregate size …

The main physical aspects of soil surface seal formation caused by rainfall are modeled. The
proposed model relates the surface sealing to the specific hydraulic and mechanical …

Soil tillage is, and will remain, the guiding component of soil management and consequently
has far-reaching implications for agroecosystems. Understanding structures and functions of …

Discusses the latest information regarding the processes and mechanisms responsible for
runoff and erosion by water in arable lands--detailing state-of-the-art water and soil …

Physical and chemical soil properties were measured along a mountainous climatological
gradient in the province of Alicante (Spain). The objective was to evaluate how the climate …

Soil surface roughness (SSR), a description of the micro-relief of soils, affects the surface
storage capacity of soils, influences the threshold flow for wind and water erosion and …

Two consecutive years of investigation on soil surface features, surface runoff and soil
detachment within 1-m2 microplots on 40% slope highlighted the effects of land-use change …

Aggregate breakdown is an important process which controls infiltration rate (IR) and the
availability of fine materials necessary for structural sealing under rainfall. The purpose of …