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STUDIES ON THE EROSIONAL BEHAVIOUR OF SOILS IN THE CATCHMENT OF A RAPIDLY SILTING LAKE AT CHANDIGARH

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Title STUDIES ON THE EROSIONAL BEHAVIOUR OF SOILS IN THE CATCHMENT OF A RAPIDLY SILTING LAKE AT CHANDIGARH
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Creator SS GREWAL
ML JUNEJA
 
Subject EROSIONAL BEHAVIOUR, SOILS, CATCHMENT, SILTING LAKE, CHANDIGARH
 
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THE SOILS IN A HEAVILY DENUDED (40sq km) CATCHMENT AREA OF A FST SILTING LAKE AT CHANDIGARH WERE CHARACTERISED FOR THEIR SUSCEPTIBILITY TO WATER EROSION IN THIS STUDY . SOIL SAMPLES WERE DRAWN AND ANALYSED FOR MECHANICAL COMPOSITION , pH , ORGANIC CARBON, CACO3 , SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY (SHC) , MOISTURE EQUIVALENT (ME) , SUSPENSION PERCENTAGE , DISPERSION RATION AND EROSION RATIO ( ER) . THE SOILS WIDELY DIFFERED IN THEIR PROPERTIES AND CO- EXISTED IN HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL BANDS WITH SAND STONE PROGRESSIVELY GETTING WASHED FROM WITHIN THE LAYERS. IT SEEMS THAT LACK OF COHESION AND HETEROGENEITY IN STRATA CAUSED LANDSLIDE, SLIPS AND POT HOLES, SUCH AN UNSTABLE MATERIAL WHEN DISTURBED DUE TO BIOTIC INTERFERENCE RESORTED TO MASS WASTING. SOME SITE SPECIFIC CONSERVATION MEASURES HAVE BEEN SUGGESTED TO INCREASE SEDIMENT TRAP EFFICIENCY OF THE CATCHEMENT.
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Date 2020-10-30T13:58:49Z
2020-10-30T13:58:49Z
1984-01-01
 
Type Research Paper
 
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http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/42139
 
Language English
 
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