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The aim of the study was to estimate spatial variability of soil texture with particular consideration of soil susceptibility to wind erosion and it shows that in Central Poland this variability is high even within small fields. The fields’ soil texture revealed a combined effect of the initial lithological variability of soil and the Aeolian selection of material. The latter embraces both the relatively permanent patterns of deflation and accumulation zones connected with the prevailing wind direction, and the pattern of permanent terrain barriers, such as the result of the last significant Aeolian episode. Wind erosion further increases the naturally high soil variability and makes it difficult for agriculture to progress in obtaining maximum yield from the practice of optimal organic manuring. The second aim was to show usefulness of the method, developed by Stach and Podsiadłowski, in the determination of deflation and accumulation zones on fields of up to 10 ha.
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The study was conducted within the framework of grant no. R12 005 03. The development of a forecasting model for integrated anti-erosion tillage, financed by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education.
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Czajka, M., Podsiadłowski, S., Stach, A., Walkowiak, R. (2010). Spatial Variability of Light Morainic Soils. In: Zdruli, P., Pagliai, M., Kapur, S., Faz Cano, A. (eds) Land Degradation and Desertification: Assessment, Mitigation and Remediation. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8657-0_38
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