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90
E
30
N
120
E
150
E
30
N
CHINA
Luodian
Doi Tung
KEY
Chiang Dao
IBSRAM/ASIALND site
ACIAR site
Khon Kaen
Los Banos
VISCA
Kuala Dal
Kemaman
SOUTHEAST ASIA
0
0
AUSTRALIA
Goomboorian
30
S
30
S
N
0
2000
kilometres
90
E
120
E
150
E
180
E
Fig. 11.3
The sites of the ACIAR and IBSRAM-ASIALAND projects located in southeast Asia and Australia.
Table 11.1
Details of the ACIAR soil erosion research sites in SE Asia and Australia.
Site
Parent material
Soil type
Slope (%)
Plot area (m
2
)
Kemaman, Malaysia
Shale
Orthoxic Tropodult
17
2 (bare plot)
1000 (treatment plots)
Khon Kaen, Thailand
Sandstone
Oxic Paleustult
4
150
Nan, Thailand
Shale
Oxic Paleustult
12-50
288
Los Banos, Philippines
Volcanic tuff
Typic Tropudalf
14-21
72
VISCA, Philippines
Basalt
Oxic Dystropept
10, 50, 60, 70
72
Imbil, Australia
Shale/rhyolite
Lithic Eutropept
38
18-3500
Goomboorian, Australia
Sandstone
Typic Eutropept
5
18-3500
