Table 6 Measured wind erosion modulus in the agro-pastoral ecotone of Northern China.

From: Assessing the contribution of wind and water erosion in the agro-pastoral ecotone of Northern China with 137Cs tracer technology

Study area

Methods

Wind erosion modulus/average (t km− 2a− 1)

Land use

Loess plateau (Jungar Banner)

BSNE/power functions

275

Cropland

BSNE/power functions

213

Cropland

BSNE/power functions

102

Cropland

BSNE/exponential function

177

Cropland

BSNE/exponential function

146

Cropland

BSNE/exponential function

62

Cropland

Loess plateau (Shenmu county)

7Be

78.5

Sloping cropland/leeward slope

7Be

4.7

Slope cultivation/leeward slopes

7Be

778.2

Slope cultivation/windward slope

7Be

388.3

Slope cultivation/windward slope

7Be

1400.2-1849.8/1560

Slope cultivation on sandy loam soil

7Be

336.3-1180.6/694

Cultivated land on clay loam slope

137Cs

1455

Cultivated land

Agricultural and Pastoral Intertwined Zone in Northern China

137Cs

1442–2911/2201

Flat cropland

Agricultural and Pastoral Intertwined Zone in Northern China

137Cs

1192–2794/1993

fallow land

Republican Basin of Qinghai

137Cs

1179–2236/1707

Cropland

Typical Steppe Zone of the Northern Mongolian Plateau

137Cs

65 ~ 169/117

Grassland

Jawljit, Mongolia

137Cs

280

Grassland desert

Lus, Mongolia

137Cs

205

Desertified grassland

Qinghai Republic Basin

137Cs

318–1686/1002

Grassland

Inner Mongolia Zhengxiangbai Banner

137Cs

351

Grassland

Inner Mongolia Desert Grassland

Wind tunnel experiment

115

Grassland