Soil seal development under simulated rainfall: Structural, physical and hydrological dynamics

Armenise, Elena; Simmons, Robert W.; Ahn, Sujung; Garbout, Amin; Doerr, Stefan H.; Mooney, Sacha J.; Sturrock, Craig J.; Ritz, Karl

doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2017.10.073

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“…This explanation is in accordance with Armenise et al [15] who investigated influence of rainfall in the hydraulic conductivity and found two different trends in soil porosity vs. depth. Moreover, high rainfall may result in leaching and washing of salts from the top soil to deeper depths.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…So far, hydraulic conductivity in soil is directly connected with particles size distribution in soil profile. Several methods have been tested for determination of hydraulic conductivity; this included integrated global soil databases with land use/land cover databases and saturated hydraulic conductivity [13], pedotransfer functions [14], rainfall-induced seals [15] and influence of biochar [16]. These investigations provided valuable information that was applied in agricultural soils around the world.…”

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Particle Size Distribution and Hydraulic Conductivity in Coastal Non-Agricultural Land in Gaza Coastal Plain

Safi¹,

El‐Nahhal²,

Safi³

2018

IJG

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Background: Particle size distribution and hydraulic conductivity of coastal no-agricultural lands are not available. This study characterized the particle size distribution and hydraulic conductivity on coastal non-agricultural land along the coastal plain of Gaza. Materials and Methods: Six soil profiles were digged along the coastal plain in Gaza Strip and soil samples were collected from 0-150 cm depth. Four soil plots around each site were used to determine the hydraulic conductivity using Infiltrometer method. Four particle size groups were identified, group 1 (630 nm), group 2 (200 nm), group 3 (63 nm) and group 4 (20 nm). Results: Dominancy of particle size group 2 was noticed in all sites followed by group 3. Groups 1 and 4 were less dominant in all sites. Hydraulic conductivity ranged from lower value 0.27 in the control soil plot in Khan Younis (site 1) to the highest value 1.76 m/s in disturbed soil plot in Shakhejjlen (site 3) with regression coefficient (R2) range of 0.9725-0.997 indicating strong positive association. Conclusion: It can be concluded that the coastal non-agricultural land is sandy with various hydraulic conductivity values due to different particle size distribution. These data are useful to the scientific community around the world and will be helpful to speculate potential risk factors to life of ecosystem.

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confidence: 99%

Particle Size Distribution and Hydraulic Conductivity in Coastal Non-Agricultural Land in Gaza Coastal Plain

Safi¹,

El‐Nahhal²,

Safi³

2018

IJG

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“…Similar trends were observed in previous studies, but usually due to the surface clogging or because lower suction pressure was applied during the infiltration [59]. Decreasing unsaturated hydraulic conductivity through the growing season has been reported as well due to clogging of pores by fine soil particles detached from aggregates by rainfall impact [36] or rainfall induced soil surface sealing [60]. The reason for the different outcome in our case is not clear; however, a possible explanation could lie in the specific weather conditions in 2015, which resulted in exceptionally dry topsoil conditions before the spring tillage and throughout the season.…”

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Estimates of Tillage and Rainfall Effects on Unsaturated Hydraulic Conductivity in a Small Central European Agricultural Catchment

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Jeřábek

Klípa

et al. 2019

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In arable land, topsoil is exposed to structural changes during each growing season due to agricultural management, climate, the kinetic energy of rainfall, crop and root growth. The shape, size, and spatial distributions of soil aggregates are considerably altered during the season and thus affect water infiltration and the soil moisture regime. Agricultural topsoils are prone to soil compaction and surface sealing which result in soil structure degradation and disconnection of preferential pathways. To study topsoil infiltration properties over time, near-saturated hydraulic conductivity of topsoil was repeatedly assessed in a catchment in central Bohemia (Czech Republic) during three consecutive growing seasons, using a recently developed automated tension minidisk infiltrometer (MultiDisk). Seasonal variability of soil bulk density and saturated water content was observed as topsoil consolidated between seedbed preparations. Topsoil unsaturated hydraulic conductivity was lower in spring and increased in the summer months during two seasons, and the opposite trend was observed during one season. Temporal unsaturated hydraulic conductivity variability was higher than spatial variability. Cumulative kinetic energy of rainfall, causing a seasonal decrease in soil macroporosity and unsaturated hydraulic conductivity, was not a statistically significant predictor.

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“…The reduction in water infiltration produces a reduction in total water accumulated in the soil. Although it has been indicated that soil surface sealing may improve soil moisture temporal stability (Sela et al, ), seal formation has a strong impact in the overall ability of soil to function as water reservoir (Armenise et al, ). This fact may have important impacts not only on rainfed agriculture, due to the loss of effective rainfall, but also under irrigation, because the application of water can favour the formation of seals and reduce water infiltration into the soil.…”

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Soil sealing and soil water content under no‐tillage and conventional tillage in irrigated corn: Effects on grain yield

Ramos

Pareja-Sánchez

Plaza‐Bonilla

et al. 2019

Hydrological Processes

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The main objective of this research was to analyse the effect of soil management on soil sealing and on soil water content under contrasting tillage practices and its influence on corn yield. The experimental research was carried out in a field cultivated with irrigated corn differentiated into three zones representing a gradient of soil texture (Z1, Z2, and Z3, i.e., increasingly coarser). Two plots under different soil management practices (conventional intensive tillage, CT, and no‐tillage, NT) were selected in each zone. The susceptibility to sealing of each soil and the steady infiltration rates were evaluated in the laboratory subjecting the soils to rainfall simulation applied at an intensity of 25 mm h−1. In addition, soil porosity under each treatment was quantified. Soil water content (0–90 cm depth) was determined gravimetrically at the beginning and the end of the growing cycle and at the surface (0–5 cm) during three growing seasons and continuously at two depths (5–15 and 50–60 cm) during the last growing cycle. Soil water content was simulated using the SIMPEL model, which was calibrated for the experimental conditions. Corn yield and above‐ground biomass were also analysed. Significant differences in soil sealing among zones, with decreasing soil sealing for coarser textures, and treatments were observed with infiltration rates that were near twice in NT than in CT, being the effect of soil cover significant in the reduction of soil detachment and soil losses. NT showed higher soil water content than CT, especially in the surface layers. Above‐ground biomass production was smaller in CT than in NT, and in the areas with higher sealing susceptibility was 30% to 45% smaller than in other zones, reaching the smallest values in Z1. A similar reduction in corn yield was observed between treatments being smaller in CT than in NT. No‐tillage has been confirmed as an effective technique that benefits soil physical properties as well as crop yields in relation to CT, being its impact greater in soils susceptible to sealing.

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Soil seal development under simulated rainfall: Structural, physical and hydrological dynamics

Cited by 94 publications

References 60 publications

Particle Size Distribution and Hydraulic Conductivity in Coastal Non-Agricultural Land in Gaza Coastal Plain

Particle Size Distribution and Hydraulic Conductivity in Coastal Non-Agricultural Land in Gaza Coastal Plain

Estimates of Tillage and Rainfall Effects on Unsaturated Hydraulic Conductivity in a Small Central European Agricultural Catchment

Soil sealing and soil water content under no‐tillage and conventional tillage in irrigated corn: Effects on grain yield

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