Production of Malaysian soil erodibility nomograph in relation to soil erosion issues
By: by Tew Kia Hui.
Publisher: Tew kia Hui
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Subang Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 129
Subjects: Soil erosion -- Malaysia.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 78-81).
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: I. INTRODUCTION; title: 1.1 General; title: 1.2 Purpose and Scope of Research; title: 1.3 Methodology; title: II. LITERATURE REVIEW; title: 2.1 Definition of highland areas in Malaysia; title: 2.2 Background of soil erosion on highland; title: areas in Malaysia; title: 2.3 Types of Soil Erosion; title: 2.3.1 Geological and Accelerated Erosion; title: 2.3.2 The process of Accelerated Erosion; title: 2.4 Factors affecting water caused Soil Erosion; title: 2.4.1 Physiography; title: 2.4.2 Rainfall; title: 2.4.3 Soil; title: 2.4.4 Moisture characteristics of soil; title: 2.4.5 Vegetation; title: 2.4.6 Forest; title: 2.4.7 Cultivated crops; title: 2.5 Estimating the Soil Erosion Loss using the; title: "Universal Soil Loss Equation"; title: 2.5.1 Rainfall Erosivity factor (R); title: 2.5.2 Soil Erodibility factor (K); title: 2.5.3 Length and Steepness of Slope factor (LS); title: 2.5.4 Cropping and Management factor (C); title: 2.5.5 Conservation Practices factor (P); title: 2.5.6 Soil-Loss Tolerance; title: 2.5.7 Limitations; title: 2.5.8 Research; title: In. METHODOLOGY OF; title: EXPERIMENTAL DETAILS; title: 3.1 Soil Erodibility factor, K of the; title: Universal Soil Loss Equation; title: 3.1.1 Definition of Soil Erodibility factor, K; title: 3.1.2 Soil Erodibility Nomograph; title: 3.1.2.1 Nomograph Solution; title: 3.1.2.2 Confidence Limits; title: 3.2 Production of Malaysian Soil Erodibility Nomograph; title: 3.2.1 Groupings for soils on Highland Areas; title: 3.2.2 Input parameters for local conditions; title: 3.2.2.1 Percentage of silt and sand; title: 3.2.2.2 Percentage of organic matter; title: 3.2.2.3 Soil structure; title: 3.2.2.4 Permeability; title: 3.2.3 Relative Soil Erodibility value for local soils; title: IV. RESULT ANALYSIS; title: 4.1 Result of analysis for input parameters; title: 4.2 Modification stage by stage; title: 4.3 Comment on Differences; title: V. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION; title: 5.1 Conclusion; title: 5.2 Recommendation for Future Work; title: VI. REFERENCES; title: VII. APPENDICES; title: A. Calculation of K Factor for Serdang Soil Series from; title: Unmodified to the Final Stage of Modification; title: B. Detailed Calculation on The Minimum Total Error; title: Incurred for Each Stage of Modification.