Rousseva, S., Kercheva, M., Shishkov, T. et al. (8 more authors) (2017) Soil Water Characteristics of European SoilTrEC Critical Zone Observatories. Advances in Agronomy, 142. pp. 29-72. ISSN 0065-2113
Abstract
Most of soil functions depend directly or indirectly on soil water retention and transmission, which explains their importance for many environmental processes within Earth's Critical Zones. Soil hydraulic properties are essential in irrigation and drainage studies for closing water balance equation, for predicting leaching of nutrients, for water supply to plants, and for other agronomical and environmental applications. Soil hydraulic properties reflect the structure of the soil porous system comprising pores of different geometry and sizes. This investigation comprises a detailed analytical study of soil hydraulic properties and climate conditions at 18 methodologically selected sites in Damma Glacier, Slavkov Forest, Marchfeld, and Koiliaris Critical Zone Observatories of SoilTrEC project. The local moisture regimes were assessed on a long-term basis by the Newhall model. The experimental data for soil water content at different potentials were used for assessing water storage capacity, pore size distribution, parameters of fitted retention curve equation, curve slope at the inflection point, and water permeability characteristics of each soil horizon. The differences of soil water retention and transmission characteristics-as fundamental properties describing soil structure-were explained by the different stages of soil profile development, parent materials, organic matter content, and land use histories.
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Keywords: | CZO; SoilTrEC; Soil water retention curve; Soil pore size distribution; Soil moisture regime |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Geography (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 26 Apr 2017 09:42 |
Last Modified: | 26 Jan 2018 01:38 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.agron.2016.10.004 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/bs.agron.2016.10.004 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:115311 |
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