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| Title | Snowmelt, frozen soils and soil erosion in Norway |
| Group | Soil Physics and Land Management group |
| Project type | thesis |
| Credits | 24-39 |
| Supervisor(s) | Jantiene Baartman |
| Examiner(s) | Coen Ritsema |
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| Begin date | 2020/02/03 |
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| Description | Problem context
One of the research themes of the Nibio institute in Southern Norway (As) is the understanding of water pathway processes in small catchments and to define small, local measures for reducing peak flow and soil loss. Research Objective/Question Depending on the interests of the student, and the time of the year, several research topics can be formulated, e.g.: - Soil erosion after spring snowmelt periods - Analyzes of soil and vegetation parameters during the growing season - Effectiveness of local soil conservation measures for erosion control - Modelling soil erosion, with focus on cold climate processes What is expected from the student (type of research) Mix of fieldwork, laboratory and data analysis. Fieldwork could consist, depending on the research focus, of sampling and measurement of soil and vegetation characteristics, measurement of runoff and soil loss from small catchments and snow dynamics measurements. |
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