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Magnetic methods in tracing soil erosion, Kharkov Region, Ukraine

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Magnetic measurements of soils are an effective research tool in assessing soil erosion. This approach is based on detecting layers showing different magnetic properties in vertical soil profiles and lateral catenas. The objective of this research is to compile data on magnetic susceptibility (MS) of soils in Eastern Ukraine to assess the soil erosion rates. The chernozems of Tcherkascy Tishki (Kharkov Region, Ukraine) have undergone a field crop rotation without proper soil conservation technologies being applied. We conducted an intrinsic element grouping of the magnetic susceptibility values and demonstrated that they can be used as MS cartograms in soil erosion mapping. The study showed a strong correlation between the MS values and the erosion index. MS and the erosion index were found to correlate with the humus content. Magnetic mineralogical analyses suggest the presence of highly magnetic minerals (magnetite and maghemite) as well as weakly magnetic goethite, ferrihydrite, and hematite. Stable pseudosingle-domain (PSD), single-domain (SD), and superparamagnetic (SP) grains of pedogenic origin dominate in the studied chernozems. Being an effective, quick and low cost alternative, magnetic methods can be successfully used in the soil erosion investigations.

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  1. Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, 90 Vasylkivska Str., Kyiv, 03022, Ukraine

    Oleksandr Menshov, Sergiy Vyzhva & Tatiana Pastushenko

  2. NSC “Institute for Soil Science and Agrochemistry Research n. a. O.N. Sokolovskiy”, Kharkov, 61024, Ukraine

    Oleksandr Kruglov & Pavlo Nazarok

  3. Environmental Management Laboratory, Mykolas Romeris University, Vilnius, 08303, Lithuania

    Paulo Pereira

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Menshov, O., Kruglov, O., Vyzhva, S. et al. Magnetic methods in tracing soil erosion, Kharkov Region, Ukraine. Stud Geophys Geod 62, 681–696 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11200-018-0803-1

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