1 Contact person | ||
1.1 Name | Professor Jean Poesen | |
1.2 Address | Laboratory for Experimental Geomorfologie, K.U. Leuven, Redingenstraat 16 Bis, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium | |
1.3 Tel | +32 16 226920 | |
1.4 Fax | +32 16 293307 | |
1.5 Email | jean.posen@geo.kuleuven.ac.be | |
1.6 Other researchers involved: | Karel Vandaele | |
2 Survey Details | ||
2.1 Dates of erosion monitoring survey: | 1982-1994 | |
2.1 Water/wind erosion? | Water (ephemeral gullies, bank gullies) | |
2.3 Area monitored: | Central
Belgium (Loess loam belt) Area between (Leuven and Brussels) |
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2.4 Character of area: | Extensively cropped [loam, sandy loam soils | |
2.5 Frequency of monitoring: | Monthly | |
2.6 What fraction of fields in the monitored area were included in the survey? | ||
2.7 How were estimates of erosion made? | Volumetric measurements | |
2.8 Were air photographs used? | Yes | |
2.9 For each erosion site, information recorded: | Gully catchments, slopes, soil horizons, land use | |
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2.10 Data obtained from elsewhere: | |
2.11 Data calculated from above information: | ||
2.12 Meterological station density and type: | ||
2.13 Length of record of meterological data: | ||
3. Associated Work | ||
3.1 Associated experimental or plot-based work: | Laboratory experiments on hydraulic erosion | |
3.2 Associated modelling work: | ||
4. Documentation | ||
4.1 Published reports of the monitoring survey and/or results: | ||
Poesen,
J. 1988. A review of the studies on the mechanisms of incipient rilling
and gullying in the Belgian Loam Region. In Ijioma, C.I. Ananaba, S.
& Boers, T. (eds.). Proceedings of the International Symposium on
Erosion in S.E. Nigeria. Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Nigeria
1:13-20.
Poesen, J. 1989. Conditions for gully formation in the Belgian Loam Belt and some ways to control them. Soil Technology Series 1:39-52. Poesen, J. & Govers, G. 1990. Gully erosion in the loam belt of Belgium : typology and control measures. In Boardman, J., Foster, D.L. & Dearing, J.A. (eds.). Soil Erosion on Agricultural Land. J. Wiley, Chichester, U.K.:513-530. Govers, G., Everaert, W., Poesen, J. Rauws, G., De Ploey, J. and Lautridou, J.P. 1990. A long flume study of the dynamic factors affecting the resistance of a loamy soil to concentrated flow erosion. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 15:313-328. Poesen, J. 1992. Gully erosion in the loess belt of North Western Europe : typology and control measures. In Luk, S.H. (ed.). Geographical Information System for Soil Erosion Management Proceedings International Conference, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, China, 163-174. Poesen, J. 1993. Gully typology and gully control measures in the European loess belt. In Wicherek, S. (ed.) Farm Land Erosion in Temperate Plains Environment and Hills. Elsevier Science Publishers, Amsterdam: 221-239. Vandaele, K. & Poesen, J. in press. Spatial and temporal patterns of soil erosion rates in an agricultural catchment, central Belgium. Catena. |
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4.2 Other relevant publications: | ||
5. Availability | ||
5.1 Erosion/land use data: | Yes | |
5.2 Meterological data: | National Fund for Scientific Research | |
6. Other Information | ||
6.1 Is the monitoring survey ongoing? | ||
6.2 Funding agency for the survey: | ||
6.3 Any other details: |