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https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-5-113-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-5-113-2017
Research article
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17 Feb 2017
Research article |  | 17 Feb 2017

Modelling a century of soil redistribution processes and carbon delivery from small watersheds using a multi-class sediment transport model

Florian Wilken, Peter Fiener, and Kristof Van Oost

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This study presents a model that accounts for preferential erosion and transport of sediment and soil organic carbon in agricultural landscapes. We applied the model to a small catchment in Belgium for a period of 100 years. After a thorough model evaluation, these simulations shows that sediment and carbon export are highly episodic and that the temporal variability is largely influenced by selective erosion and deposition.