Soil erodibility and its influencing factors on the Loess Plateau of China: a case study in the Ansai watershed

Zhao, Wenwu; Wei, Hui; Jia, Lizhi; Daryanto, Stefani; Zhang, Xiao; Liu, Yanxu

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/se-9-1507-2018

Articles | Volume 9, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/se-9-1507-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/se-9-1507-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 9, issue 6

Research article

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20 Dec 2018

Research article |

| 20 Dec 2018

Soil erodibility and its influencing factors on the Loess Plateau of China: a case study in the Ansai watershed

Wenwu Zhao, Hui Wei, Lizhi Jia, Stefani Daryanto, Xiao Zhang, and Yanxu Liu

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RC1: 'Comments on “Soil erodibility estimation by using five methods of estimating K value: A case study in Ansai watershed of Loess Plateau, China” （SE-2018-43）', Anonymous Referee #1, 11 Jun 2018
- AC1: 'Response to Reviewer 1', Wenwu Zhao, 02 Aug 2018
RC2: 'Soil erodibility estimation by using five methods of estimating K value: A case study in Ansai watershed of Loess Plateau, China', Anonymous Referee #2, 30 Jun 2018
- AC2: 'Response to Reviewer 2', Wenwu Zhao, 02 Aug 2018

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Wenwu Zhao on behalf of the Authors (07 Sep 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (13 Sep 2018) by Paulo Pereira

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (13 Sep 2018)

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (08 Oct 2018)

ED: Publish as is (23 Nov 2018) by Paulo Pereira

ED: Publish as is (23 Nov 2018) by Elias Samankassou (Executive editor)

AR by Wenwu Zhao on behalf of the Authors (26 Nov 2018) Author's response

Short summary

Soil erodibility (K) is one of the key factors of soil erosion. Selecting the optimal estimation method of soil erodibility is critical to estimate the amount of soil erosion, and provide the base for sustainable land management. This research took the Loess Plateau of China as a case study, estimated soil erodibility factor with different methods, selected the best texture-based method to estimate K, and aimed to understand the indirect environmental factors of soil erodibility.