The influence of soil properties on the erodibility of Belgian loamy soils: A study based on rainfall simulation experiments

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Abstract
Twenty soils from the Leuven region were tested in the laboratory with a rainfall simulator. Their texture varied from loam to loamy sand. On the basis of the results obtained, they were classified as a function of the runoff and splash erodibility. For every soil, several properties were determined and tentatively used to explain the classifications based on the runoff and splash erodibility.Significant negative correlations were found between silt content, aggregate stability, C5–10 index, water content at saturation, and cohesion on the one side and erodibility on the other; a positive correlation was found between sand content and erodibility.