Seepage in contour ridge systems is a common phenomenon that can exacerbate soil erosion, however, the characteristics of soil erosion under seepage conditions in contour ridge systems are not clear.
In particular, land mismanagement during Late Antiquity seems to have triggered a slope disequilibrium phase, exacerbating soil erosion and increasing the sediment accumulation rate in both foothill and coastal areas.
Limited maintenance of soil chemical and physical health is very likely to result poor aggregate stability, decline of soil OM, nutrient related plant stresses and stagnation of crop yields (Gajic et al. 2006; Damene 2012; Yengoh 2012) and exacerbates soil degradation.
At the time, some Communist Party officials believed that the flood was exacerbated by soil erosion the result of "over quota" cutting of trees and the government banned logging throughout much of the country.
At the time, some Communist Party officials believed that the flood was exacerbated by soil erosion — the result of "over quota" cutting of trees — and the government banned logging throughout much of the country.
Decreasing water availability due to drying and variable climate in the Australia's grain-belt exacerbates these soil-related stresses.
Overall, the cyclone's effects were more severe than anticipated, with damage likely exacerbated by saturated soils after nearly 14 inches of rain on the island in August and above normal precipitation in September.
Plants must face the low solubility of ferric iron, severely exacerbated in calcareous soils that make up about a third of the world's arable land (Morrissey and Guerinot, 2009).
The increased vulnerability of trees to catastrophic xylem dysfunction under drought may contribute to the observed stunted growth and periodic stem-dieback of trees in metal-contaminated landscapes, the effects being exacerbated by the thin soils.
In landscapes susceptible to erosion, tillage can exacerbate losses of soil and C by increasing erodibility and stimulating microbial respiration.
