Development of tools for soil erosion risk mapping for Malaysian forest catchments

Logging, road construction and heavy machine usage in forest activities are challenges faced when trying to minimize the impact on forest environment,especially land degradation and soil erosion and also contamination of water resources. Measurement of soil loss using a conventional method is time-...

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Main Author:	Khalit, Saiful Iskandar
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Soil erosion Climatic factors - Malaysia
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/51579/1/FK%202012%20147RR.pdf
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spelling	my-upm-ir.515792017-04-17T07:57:56Z Development of tools for soil erosion risk mapping for Malaysian forest catchments 2012-09 Khalit, Saiful Iskandar Logging, road construction and heavy machine usage in forest activities are challenges faced when trying to minimize the impact on forest environment,especially land degradation and soil erosion and also contamination of water resources. Measurement of soil loss using a conventional method is time- consuming and expensive. Another problem posed by soil erosion during rainy season, flood occurred at the downstream at Kampung Pasir Raja and settle up the formation of sediment in the river which engaged with public concern. Climatic data was obtained by installation of Automatic Weather Station (AWS) which was carried out from August 2007 to August 2008 (water year cycle) to record daily data. A parameter modification was made to the modified soil loss equation (MSLE) which consisted of rainfall (R), soil erodibility (K), slope length (LS) and vegetation management (VM). This leads to an application of the MSLE which produces a soil erosion maps. The validation of the model is acceptable since the P-value in the ANOVA table is less than 0.01, there is a statistically significant relationship between the variables more than 90 percent (%) confidence level in the STATGRPHICS Plus analysis. In other hands, the validation also was done for two different sites at Blok 5 PITC, Temengor Forest Reserve, Grik, Perak and Bukit Tarek Forest Reserve. Soil erosion Climatic factors - Malaysia 2012-09 Thesis http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/51579/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/51579/1/FK%202012%20147RR.pdf application/pdf en public phd doctoral Universiti Putra Malaysia Soil erosion Climatic factors - Malaysia
institution	Universiti Putra Malaysia
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topic	Soil erosion Climatic factors - Malaysia
spellingShingle	Soil erosion Climatic factors - Malaysia Khalit, Saiful Iskandar Development of tools for soil erosion risk mapping for Malaysian forest catchments
description	Logging, road construction and heavy machine usage in forest activities are challenges faced when trying to minimize the impact on forest environment,especially land degradation and soil erosion and also contamination of water resources. Measurement of soil loss using a conventional method is time- consuming and expensive. Another problem posed by soil erosion during rainy season, flood occurred at the downstream at Kampung Pasir Raja and settle up the formation of sediment in the river which engaged with public concern. Climatic data was obtained by installation of Automatic Weather Station (AWS) which was carried out from August 2007 to August 2008 (water year cycle) to record daily data. A parameter modification was made to the modified soil loss equation (MSLE) which consisted of rainfall (R), soil erodibility (K), slope length (LS) and vegetation management (VM). This leads to an application of the MSLE which produces a soil erosion maps. The validation of the model is acceptable since the P-value in the ANOVA table is less than 0.01, there is a statistically significant relationship between the variables more than 90 percent (%) confidence level in the STATGRPHICS Plus analysis. In other hands, the validation also was done for two different sites at Blok 5 PITC, Temengor Forest Reserve, Grik, Perak and Bukit Tarek Forest Reserve.
format	Thesis
qualification_name	Doctor of Philosophy (PhD.)
qualification_level	Doctorate
author	Khalit, Saiful Iskandar
author_facet	Khalit, Saiful Iskandar
author_sort	Khalit, Saiful Iskandar
title	Development of tools for soil erosion risk mapping for Malaysian forest catchments
title_short	Development of tools for soil erosion risk mapping for Malaysian forest catchments
title_full	Development of tools for soil erosion risk mapping for Malaysian forest catchments
title_fullStr	Development of tools for soil erosion risk mapping for Malaysian forest catchments
title_full_unstemmed	Development of tools for soil erosion risk mapping for Malaysian forest catchments
title_sort	development of tools for soil erosion risk mapping for malaysian forest catchments
granting_institution	Universiti Putra Malaysia
publishDate	2012
url	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/51579/1/FK%202012%20147RR.pdf
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Development of tools for soil erosion risk mapping for Malaysian forest catchments

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