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Using historic soil survey data to map water erosion hazard for land-use planning in Nova Scotia

Published:2015-08 Issue:3 Volume:95 Page:299-304
ISSN:0008-4271
Container-title:Canadian Journal of Soil Science
language:en
Short-container-title:Can. J. Soil. Sci.

Author:

Keys Kevin¹,Sterling Shannon M.²,Guan Yue²

Affiliation:

1. Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources, Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada B2N 0G9

2. Hydrology Research Group, Department of Earth Sciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 4R2

Abstract

Keys, K., Sterling, S. M. and Guan, Y. 2015. Using historic soil survey data to map water erosion hazard for land-use planning in Nova Scotia. Can. J. Soil Sci. 95: 299–304. A fine-scale digital soil map layer for Nova Scotia was combined with historic soil survey information and digital elevation (DEM) data to generate a new water erosion hazard map based on inherent soil erodibility and slope class. Results showed approximately 62% of Nova Scotia has low erosion hazard, 33% has moderate hazard, and 5% has high hazard. The erosion hazard map was subsequently used in a provincial watershed assessment program (NSWAP) to map potential water quality stressors related to land-use patterns on erodible soils. This work is an example of how historic soil survey data can be utilized to create new information for land-use planning and environmental assessment.

Publisher

Canadian Science Publishing

Subject

Soil Science

Link

http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.4141/cjss-2014-113

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