# Soil physicochemical properties to evaluate soil degradation under different land use types in a high rainfall tropical region: A case study from South Sulawesi, Indonesia
> Ahmad A.

URL kanonis: https://discover.unhas.ac.id/publications/soil-physicochemical-properties-to-evaluate-soil-degradation-under-different-lan
Jurnal / Konferensi: Iop Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science
Tahun terbit: 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/157/1/012005
ISSN: 17551307
Citations: 14

## Authors
- Ahmad A.

## Abstract
Abstract Intensive cropping in the tropical region always becomes one of important driving forces of soil degradation. The primary aim of this study is to analyze the states and the dynamics of soil physicochemical properties to evaluate soil degradation in the tropical region a high rainfall on agricultural areas in South Sulawesi. A number of soil characteristics were analyzed for physical and chemical properties, and clay minerals with X-ray diffractometer. The degree of soil degradation is determined using Wischmeier and Smith equation. This study reveals that mean annual precipitation in 1979-2016 ranged from 1853.15 to 2981.30 mm/year. For land used for paddy field, palm oil, cacao and coffee plantation, the texture dominated with silt loam-clay loam, cation exchange capacity was 18.63-26.32 cmol + kg -1 , 0.98-2.91% of C-organic, 32-55% of base saturation, 0.1-3.5 cm h -1 of permeability, soil clay minerals were montmorillonite-kaolinite-halloysite, and the index erodibility was 0.3-0.5. Land used for mixed plants and shrubs, the texture dominated with silt loam-sandy clay loam, cation exchange capacity was 18.63-27.12 cmol + kg -1 , 1.09-2.89% of C-organic, 32-55% of base saturation, 0.2-4.9 cm/h of permeability, soil clay minerals were kaolinite-halloysite, and index erodibility was 0.1-0.3. Land use for cultivated in the high intensity of rainfall has changed the physicochemical properties of soils, but cultivated in monoculture has at some degree increased soil erodibility.

## Keywords
- Loam
- Cation-exchange capacity
- Soil texture
- Kaolinite
- Soil water
- Silt
- Environmental science
- Soil science
- Clay minerals
- Soil test
- Agronomy
- Chemistry
- Geology
- Mineralogy
- Biology
- Paleontology

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