Estimation of medium-term soil redistribution rates in Ibadan, Nigeria, by using the 137 Cs technique

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research institute
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Atomic Energy Agency
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversität Hohenheim
cg.contributor.donorDeutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
cg.coverage.countryNigeria
cg.coverage.countryAustria
cg.coverage.countryGermany
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2NG
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2AT
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2DE
cg.coverage.regionACP
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africa
cg.coverage.regionEurope
cg.coverage.regionWestern Europe
cg.reviewStatusPeer Review
cg.subject.iitaNATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
cg.subject.iitaSOIL FERTILITY
cg.subject.iitaSOIL HEALTH
cg.subject.iitaLAND USE
cg.subject.iitaBASELINE SURVEY
cg.subject.iitaSOIL INFORMATION
cg.subject.iitaSOIL SURVEYS AND MAPPING
cg.subject.iitaINTEGRATED SOIL FERTILITY MANAGEMENT
dc.contributor.authorJunge, Birte
dc.contributor.authorDercon, Gerd
dc.contributor.authorAbaidoo, Robert C.
dc.contributor.authorChikoye, David
dc.contributor.authorStahr, Karl
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-06T12:14:48Zen
dc.date.available2018-02-06T12:14:48Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/90797
dc.titleEstimation of medium-term soil redistribution rates in Ibadan, Nigeria, by using the 137 Cs techniqueen
dcterms.abstractSoil erosion is a widespread and serious problem in Nigeria, West Africa. The 137 Cs technique is an alternative to field plots for generating data on medium-term soil redistri bution. It was tested in 2007 in Ibadan, Nigeria, which means the firs t time in the derived savanna. To analyse the vertical and spatial distribution of this nuclide in the soil, core samples were taken either randomly or along transects in an uncultivated and a cultivated site. The study showed an accumulation of 137 Cs near the soil surface and a slow decr ease with depth in the undisturbed site. The arable land was characterized by an almost uniform 137 Cs distribution within the ploughed layer. The reference inventory of 137 Cs determined on the uncultivated site was 569.3 ± 150.1 Bq m -2 ; the inventory of 137 Cs on the field ranged from 96.9 to 1494.4 Bq m -2 . Comparisons with the reference inventory showed smaller values for the upper slope and higher values for the lower slope of the cultivated site, wh ich indicated soil redistribution. The conversion of the inventories into quantitative data of erosi on and deposition by a proportion model revealed, for example, that about 148.5 t ha -1 yr -1 were eroded from the cropland in furrows leading downslope. The estimated results were comparable to erosion measurements made nearby. Hence, the 137 Cs technique is useful as a method to generate data on soil redistribution a nd therefore a tool for improved natural resource management in Nigeria.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationBirte, J., Dercon, G., Abaidoo, R.C., Chikoye, D. & Stahr, K. (2008). Estimation of Medium-Term Soil Redistribution Rates in Ibadan, Nigeria, by using the 137Cs Technique: Proceedings of Tropentag: Conference on International Research on Food Security, Natural Resource Management and Rural Development, University of Hohenheim, 7-9 October, 2008. Stuttgart: University of Hohenheim.en
dcterms.issued2008
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.subjectsoil erosionen
dcterms.subjectsoil redistributionen
dcterms.subjectcs techniqueen
dcterms.subjectfertile topsoilen
dcterms.subjectuncultivated and a cultivated siteen
dcterms.subjectinventoryen
dcterms.subjectradionuclidesen
dcterms.subjectimproved natural resource managementen
dcterms.typeConference Paper

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