RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Soil loss tolerance: Maintenance of long-term soil productivity
JF Journal of Soil and Water Conservation
FD Soil and Water Conservation Society
SP 136
OP 138
VO 39
IS 2
A1 F. J. Pierce
A1 W. E. Larson
A1 R. H. Dowdy
YR 1984
UL http://www.jswconline.org/content/39/2/136.abstract
AB Based on a concept of multiple T values, a method is presented to establish a quantitative basis for soil loss tolerance, T1, to maintain long-term soil productivity. T1 is a function of a soil's productivity, its vulnerability to productivity losses from erosion, an allowable reduction in productivity, and a planning horizon in years. Soils with little vulnerability to productivity losses from erosion will have a soil loss tolerance, T2, determined by other erosion concerns. The method has broad application. It requires only that the index of soil productivity used be normalized to a range of 0.0 to 1.0.