Investigation Wind Erodibility of Soil using Particle Size Distribution Analysis in Dust Sources of Iran

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Master graduate

2 Desert research Division, Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization

10.29252/aridbiom.2025.21006.1980

Abstract

Wind erosion directly depends on the physical and chemical properties of the soil and sediment. Particle size distribution is an important feature of soil physics and is one of the important factors related to soil erodibility that plays an important role in inhibition of wind erosion. The aim of this study was to determine the erodibility potential of soils in dust sources based on particle size distribution by granulometry and texture experiment. For this purpose, 423 soil and sediment samples from 0 to 5 cm depth (the area affected by deflation) were collected from dust sources of the Iran and granulometry experiments were carried out on them. Granulometry experiment was carried out based on dry sieving method and after preparation of samples, 100 g soil was weighed from each sample and poured into a set of sieves. In order to perform the granulometry test, standard series of sieves based on ASTM method were used. Statistical parameters granulometry were determined by Folk and Ward method (1957) by GRADISTAT software. Texture testing was also done by hydrometric method. The results showed that erodibility of soils harvested from dust sources was high and very high according to Chapil (1945) theory and the dominant diameter of soil particles was between 0.05 and 0. 5 mm sensitive to wind erosion. As a result, all samples collected from dust sources in Iran are very sensitive to wind erosion. According to the results of the hydrometric test, sand, silt and clay constitute 44.4, 32.4 and 23.2 percent of soil particles in the Dust Sources of Iran. According to the results, about 15.6% of samples have very high erodibility and about 84.4% of samples have high erodibility. Also, the results showed that samples collected from dust sources in the south of the Iran such as Sistan and Baluchestan, Hormozgan, Bushehr and Kerman provinces have the highest erodibility compared to other samples.

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Journal of Arid Biome
Volume 14, Issue 2
October 2024
Pages 93-107

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