Using the RUSLE to identify factors controlling erosion rates of mine soils

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 267-277

  Evans, K G ^a   Loch, R J ^b,c  

^a ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE SUPERVISING SCIENTIST   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^c Landloch Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Erosion; Mine site; Rehabilitation; RUSLE; Waste rock

Indexed keywords

EROSION RATE; MINE SITE; MINE SOIL; MINE WASTE; REHABILITATION; RUSLE; SLOPE GRADIENT; SLOPE PROCESSES; SLOPE STABILITY; SOIL EROSION; USLE; WASTE ROCK;

AUSTRALIA, NORTHERN TERRITORY, RANGER URANIUM MINE;

AUSTRALIA; BATTER SITE SURFACE MATERIAL; CAP SITE SURFACE MATERIAL; MINE SPOIL; PARTICLE SIZE; REHABILITATION; REVISED UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATIONS; WASTE ROCK DUMP;

COMPACTION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; INFILTRATION; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; MINES; RUNOFF; SOILS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EROSION;

EID: 0030300733     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-145x(199609)7:3<267::aid-ldr233>3.0.co;2-e     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Agassi, M. and Levy, G. J. 1991. Stone-cover and rain intensity: Effects on infiltration, erosion and water splash. Australian Journal of Soil Research, 29, 565-575.
2. Agricultural Research Service 1975. Control of Water Pollution from Cropland. Vol. 1. A Manual for Guideline Development, Report ARS-H-5-1, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC.
3. Alexander, E. B. 1981. Volume estimates of coarse fragments in soils: A combination of visual and weighing procedures, Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 36, 360-361.
4. Ankeny, M. D., Kaspar, T. C. and Prieksat, M. A. 1995. Traffic effects on water infiltration in chisel-plow and no-till systems, Soil Science Society of America Journal, 59, 200-204.
5. Ashwath, N., Cusbert, P. C., Bayliss, B., McLaughlin, M. and Hunt, C. 1993. Chemical properties of mine spoils and selected natural soils of the Alligator Rivers Region - implications for establishing native plant species on mine spoils, pp. 128-139 in Proceedings of the Symposium on the Management and Rehabilitation of Waste Rock Dumps, Darwin, 7-8 October 1993, Supervising Scientist for the Alligator Rivers Region, AGPS, Canberra.
6. Barfield, B. J., Barnhisel, R. I., Hirschi, M. C. and Moore, I. D. 1988. Compaction effects on erosion of mine spoil and reconstructed topsoil, Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers, 31(2), 447-452.
7. Emerson, W. W. 1991. Structural decline of soils, assessment and prevention. Australian Journal of Soil Research, 29, 905-921.
8. Evans, K. G., Willgoose, G. R. and Riley, S. J. 1995a. Preliminary report on the derivation of sediment transport model parameters using large-scale rainfall simulator data from Ranger Uranium Mine, Internal report 182, Supervising Scientist for the Alligator Rivers Region, Canberra, unpublished paper.
9. Evans, K. G., Loch, R. J., Hall, R. N. and Bagnall, C. P. 1995b. USLE parameter values for waste rock material at the Ranger Uranium Mine derived using PSA and the effect of these parameters on erosion rates, Internal report 177, Supervising Scientist for the Alligator Rivers Region, Canberra. Unpublished paper.
10. Goldman, S. J., Jackson, K. and Bursztynsky, T. A. 1986. Erosion and Sediment Control Handbook, McGraw-Hill, New York.
11. Israelsen, C. E., Clyde, C. G., Fletcher, J. E., Israelsen, E. K., Haws, F. W., Packer, P. E. and Farmer, E. E. 1980. Erosion Control During Highway Construction: Manual on Principles and Practices, Report 221, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, Washington, DC.
12. Loch, R. J. and Rosewell, C. J. 1992. Laboratory methods for measurement of soil credibilities (K factors) for the universal soil loss equation, Australian Journal of Soil Research, 30, 233-248.
13. Milnes, A. R. 1988. Rock Weathering in the Waste Rock Dumps at the Ranger Project Area, Focus Report No. 3 to Ranger Mines Pty. Ltd., CSIRO Division of Soils, Adelaide.
14. Mitchell, J. K. and Bubenzer, G. D. 1980. Soil loss estimation, in M. J. Kirkby and R. P. C. Morgan (eds.) Soil Erosion, Wiley, Brisbane.
15. Needham, R. S. 1988. Geology of the Alligator Rivers uranium field. Northern Territory, Bureau of Mineral Resources Bulletin 224, Canberra.
16. Renard, K. G., Laflen, J. M., Foster, G. R. and McCool, D. K. 1994. The revised universal soil loss equation, in R. Lal (ed.) Soil Erosion Research Methods, 2nd edn. Soil and Water Conservation Society, Ankeny, IA.
17. Riley, S. J. 1992. Modelling hydrogeomorphic processes to assess the stability of rehabilitated landforms, Ranger Uranium Mine, Northern Territory, Australia, Internal Report 55, Supervising Scientist for the Alligator Rivers Region, Canberra, unpublished paper.
18. Riley, S. J. and Gardiner, B. 1991. Characteristics of slope wash erosion on the waste rock dump, Ranger Uranium Mine, Northern Territory, International Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium, Institute of Engineers, Australia, National Conference Publication No. 91/92, pp. 295-300.
19. Rosewell, C. J. and Edwards, K. 1988. SOILLOSS-A Program to Assist in the Selection of Management Practices to Reduce Erosion, Soil Conservation Service of New South Wales, Technical Handbook No. 11.
20. Rosewell, C. J. and Loch, R. J. (1996). Soil erodibility-water, Chap. 6.2, in Soil Physical Measurement and Interpretation for Land Evaluation. Vol. 5. Australian Soil and Land Survey Handbook Series, Australian Collaborative Land Evaluation Program, in preparation.
21. SAA 1977. Determination of the particle size distribution of a soil-analysis by sieving in combination with hydrometer analysis (subsidiary method) AS 1289.C6.2-1977. Australian standard method of testing soil for engineering purposes. Part C. Soil Classification Tests. Standards Association of Australia.
22. Schroeder, S. A. 1987. Slope gradient effect on erosion of reshaped spoil. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 51, 405-409.
23. Simanton, J. R., Rawitz, E. and Shirley, E. D. 1982. Effects of rock fragments on erosion of semi-arid rangeland soils, pp. 65-72, in Erosion and Productivity of Soils Containing Rock Fragments, Soil Science Society of America Special Publication No. 13.
24. Wischmeier, W. H. 1975. Estimating the soil loss equation's cover and management factor for undisturbed areas, in Present and Prospective Technology for Predicting Sediment Yields and Sources, USDA-ARS Publication ARS-S40, USDA, Washington, DC.
25. Wischmeier, W. H. and Smith, D. D. 1978. Predicting Rainfall Erosion Losses-A Guide to Conservation Planning, US Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Handbook No. 537.2.