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dc.contributor.author | Le Roux, J.J. (Jacobus Johannes)![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Sumner, P.D. (Paul)![]() |
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dc.date.accessioned | 2012-11-20T11:52:08Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-09-30T00:20:04Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012-09 | |
dc.description.abstract | Gully erosion is a degradation process affecting soils in many parts of theWorld. Despite the complexity of a series of collective factors across different spatial scales, previous research has not yet explicitly quantified factor dominance between different sized gullies. This factorial analysis quantifies the differences in factor dominance between continuous gullies (cgs) and discontinuous gullies (dgs). First, gullies (totaling 5273 ha) visible from SPOT 5 imagery were mapped for a catchment (nearly 5000 km2) located in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Eleven important factors were integrated into a geographical information system including topographical variables, parent material-soil associations and land use–cover interactions. These were utilized in a zonal approach in order to determine the extent factors differ between cgs and dgs. Factors leading to the development of cgs are gentle footslopes in zones of saturation along drainage paths with a large contributing area, erodible duplex soils derived from mudstones and poor vegetation cover due to overgrazing. Compared to cgs conditions, more dgs occur on rolling slopes where the surface becomes less frequently saturated with a smaller contributing area, soils are more stable and shallow. Factorial analysis further illustrates that differences in factor dominance between the two groups of gullies is most apparent for soil factors. A combination of overgrazing and susceptible mudstones proves to be key factors that consistently determine the development of cgs and dgs. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | The ARC-ISCW, as well as Mr. D. J. Pretorius and his colleagues at the Department of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF), Directorate Land Use and Soil Management. | en_US |
dc.description.uri | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1099-145X/ | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Le Roux, JJ & Sumner, PD 2012, 'Factors controlling gully development : comparing continuous and discontinuous gullies', Land Degradation & Development, vol. 23, no. 5, pp. 440-449. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1085-3278 (print) | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1099-145X (online) | |
dc.identifier.other | 10.1002/ldr.1083 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/20451 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | John Wiley and Sons | en_US |
dc.rights | © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.. The definite version is available at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1099-145X. | en_US |
dc.subject | Gully erosion | en_US |
dc.subject | Continuous | en_US |
dc.subject | Discontinuous | en_US |
dc.subject | Factor dominance | en_US |
dc.subject | South Africa | en_US |
dc.title | Factors controlling gully development : comparing continuous and discontinuous gullies | en_US |
dc.type | Postprint Article | en_US |