Soil erosion and agricultural sustainability¶
Montgomery. (2007). Soil erosion and agricultural sustainability. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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- Soil formation
- Formation rate is asymmetric with loss rate: typical mineral soil accumulates at 0.01–0.1 mm per year but can be lost to erosion at orders of magnitude higher rates, making soil a quasi-non-renewable resource on human timescales
This sourceMontgomery's global compilation, which puts erosion under conventional plow agriculture at roughly 1 mm/yr and one to two orders of magnitude above rates of soil production, fast enough to strip a hillslope profile within the lifespan of a civilization.
- Formation rate is asymmetric with loss rate: typical mineral soil accumulates at 0.01–0.1 mm per year but can be lost to erosion at orders of magnitude higher rates, making soil a quasi-non-renewable resource on human timescales
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