Labiadh M. T. auteur aut IRD Bergametti G. auteur aut IRD Rajot Jean-Louis auteur aut IRD Bouet Christel auteur aut IRD Ltifi M. auteur aut IRD Sekrafi S. auteur aut IRD Henry des Tureaux Thierry auteur aut IRD text journalArticle eng text/pdf reformatted digital access Airborne sediment fluxes were measured in southern Tunisia on two experimental plots tilled with a moldboard and a tiller plough, respectively, during five wind erosion events of different intensities. The sediment fluxes were sampled on both plots using a mast equipped with seven sand traps positioned between approximate to 10 and 120 cm height. The windblown sediment fluxes in the 0-100 cm layer were about eight times higher on the plot tilled using the tiller plough compared to the plot tilled using the moldboard plough due to different efficiencies in the trapping of the saltating particles in the furrow, depending on the ridges characteristics. On both plots, sediment fluxes of larger particles were depleted in the sediment samplers compared to the proportions measured in the soil from which they were derived. When examining the sediment flux in the 30-100 cm layer, we observed that the efficiency of the vertical transfer was about twice higher on the moldboard plot than on the tiller one. This implies that a higher fraction of the sediment mobilized by wind can be transported over long distances in the case of a surface ploughed with a moldboard. This result could reduce in part the benefit of using the moldboard instead of the tiller plough regarding soil loss by wind erosion. specialized wind erosion sediment flux ploughed surfaces vertical transfer size distribution TUNISIE ZONE ARIDE MEDENINE 068 10 5 511 [18 ] 2021 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010081519 10.3390/land10050511 [F B010081519] https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010081519 https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/2021-07/010081519.pdf IRD - Base Horizon / Pleins textes 2021-07-02 2025-02-24 fdi:010081519 fre