The Effect of Hydrology on Soil Erosion

Dear Colleagues,

Soil erosion is one of the most important environmental issues in natural and anthropized lands. Understanding the key parameters and factors of soil erosion will enable the conservation of soil system goods, services, and resources, and will avoid damage outside of fields caused by transported and accumulated sediments and water. The dynamics of erosive processes are changing, with new trends of pluviometric patterns due to well-identified climate change, which is becoming an extra factor in the soil degradation.

This Special Issue addresses the state-of-the-art of soil erosion and degradation processes and the accelerated rates due to hydrological processes and climate change. Studies focussed on the measurements, modelling, and experiments under field or laboratory conditions developed at different scales (pedon, hillslope, and catchment) are very welcome.

We welcome research on understanding the effects of hydrology in combination with other natural and anthropic mechanisms such as climate change, tillage, rill and interrill, gully formation, soil compaction and water losses, the decrease of soil quality or perceptions of the stakeholders, land degradation research, runoff generation, soil salinization, organic matter depletion, soil productivity, etc.

If your findings are unconventional, your method is new, and your research is provocative, submit your paper to our Special Issue, as we are looking for new and innovative scientific research.

Dr. Jesús Rodrigo-Comino
Dr. José María Senciales-González
Prof. Dr. José Damián Ruiz-Sinoga
Guest Editors

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