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Soils will behave differently when used for agriculture, forestry, and other purposes and must be managed differently. The difference is most evident in the Inverbrackie Creek catchment area in South Australia where the study reported in this article was conducted and where the soils are used extensively for grazing and dairy farming. This catchment covers an area of 8.38 km2, comprising an undulating upland plain with irregularly high hills and broad interfluves.
Previous information-gathering methods used to model the catchment's hydrologic activity have been derived from the downstream pluviographic point-source technique. The model input samples obtained by this technique are not truly representative of the catchment. The potential for using remote sensing color infrared imagery to delineate the areas contributing to soil sediment flow is demonstrated as a better alternative to obtaining representative samples to model this activity.
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This article reports on part of the work supported by the University Research Grant, University of Adelaide.
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Kolawole, M.O. Using remote sensing technique to study soil sedimentation flow. Environmental Management 17, 73–81 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02393796
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