Based on the principle and method of rare earth elements (REE) tracer and NAA for the study of soil erosion
the changeable process of rill erosion on loess sloping surface was researched in runoff scouring experiments. The results showed that the REE tracer and NAA method can be used not only quantitatively to determine soil erosion amounts on different slope sections
but also to reveal the changeable trend of relative erosion amounts. The relative errors are mostly less than 20% for the tracing elements
which is considered satisfactory in the soil erosion studies.