A review of impacts of soil rock fragments on slope erosion: Mechanism and processes

S Ni, B Shi, J Zhao, D Wang, L Zhu… - Land Degradation & …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Rock fragments play a pivotal role in influencing slope erosion processes, attracting
increasing scientific interest and growing concerns regarding their potential impacts on …

The effects of rock fragment shapes and positions on modeled hydraulic conductivities of stony soils

H Hlaváčiková, V Novák, J Šimůnek - Geoderma, 2016 - Elsevier
Mountainous soils usually contain a large number of rock fragments, particles with a
diameter larger than 2 mm, which can influence soil hydraulic properties that are required to …

Quantifying the effects of rock fragments embedding vs. Covering on soil erosion in karst sloping cropland

R Zi, Z Han, T Chen, F Fang, Q Fang, L Peng, X Qian… - Catena, 2024 - Elsevier
Rock fragments can alter soil structure, thus profoundly affecting soil properties, hydrological
and erosion processes. Hence, it is essential to quantify the role of rock fragments in soil …

[PDF][PDF] Effects of rock fragments on the water infiltration and hydraulic conductivity in the soils of the desert steppes of Inner Mongolia, China.

X Wu, Z Meng, X Dang, J Wang - Soil & Water Research, 2021 - swr.agriculturejournals.cz
Soils that contain rock fragments (particles> 2 mm in diameter) are distributed all over the
world. The presence of these small rock fragments can have a great impact on soil water …

Quantifying organic carbon stocks using a stereological profile imaging method to account for rock fragments in stony soils

ZD Jiang, QB Wang, KR Brye, K Adhikari, FJ Sun… - Geoderma, 2021 - Elsevier
Accounting for soil organic carbon (SOC) in stony soils is critical for estimating global SOC
stocks. However, accurate and cost-effective assessments of SOC stocks in stony soil …

Applications and analytical methods of ground penetrating radar for soil characterization in a silvopastoral system

HW Smith, PR Owens, AJ Ashworth - Journal of environmental and …, 2022 - library.seg.org
The use of ground penetrating radar (GPR) for soil characterization has grown rapidly in
recent years due to substantial increases in computer processing power and advances in …

Monitoring Atmospheric, Soil, and Dissolved CO2 Using a Low-Cost, Arduino Monitoring Platform (CO2-LAMP): Theory, Fabrication, and Operation

JM Blackstock, MD Covington, M Perne… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Variability of CO2 concentrations within the Earth system occurs over a wide range of time
and spatial scales. Resolving this variability and its drivers in terrestrial and aquatic …

A comparison of hydrological and geophysical calibration data in layered hydrologic models of mountain hillslopes

MS Pleasants, TJ Kelleners… - Water Resources …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Both hydrological and geophysical data can be used to calibrate hillslope hydrologic
models. However, these data often reflect hydrological dynamics occurring at disparate …

A vertical profile imaging method for quantifying rock fragments in gravelly soil

ZD Jiang, QB Wang, K Adhikari, KR Brye, ZX Sun… - Catena, 2020 - Elsevier
Rock fragments (RFs) play an important role in soils that can influence land use and
management decisions. Rock fragment concentrations most often are visually estimated …

Hydrogeophysical inversion using a physics-based catchment model with hydrological and electromagnetic induction data

MS Pleasants, TJ Kelleners, AD Parsekian, KM Befus… - Journal of …, 2025 - Elsevier
Physics-based catchment models of mountain environments can suffer from equifinality
when solely calibrated against streamflow data. Inclusion of intra-catchment data such as …