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Soil–aquifer phenomena affecting groundwater under vertisols: a review
العنوان: | Soil–aquifer phenomena affecting groundwater under vertisols: a review |
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المؤلفون: | D. Kurtzman, S. Baram, O. Dahan |
المصدر: | Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, Vol 20, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2016) |
بيانات النشر: | Copernicus Publications, 2016. |
سنة النشر: | 2016 |
المجموعة: | LCC:Technology LCC:Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering LCC:Geography. Anthropology. Recreation LCC:Environmental sciences |
مصطلحات موضوعية: | Technology, Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering, TD1-1066, Geography. Anthropology. Recreation, Environmental sciences, GE1-350 |
الوصف: | Vertisols are cracking clayey soils that (i) usually form in alluvial lowlands where, normally, groundwater pools into aquifers; (ii) have different types of voids (due to cracking), which make flow and transport of water, solutes and gas complex; and (iii) are regarded as fertile soils in many areas. The combination of these characteristics results in the unique soil–aquifer phenomena that are highlighted and summarized in this review. The review is divided into the following four sections: (1) soil cracks as preferential pathways for water and contaminants: in this section lysimeter-to basin-scale observations that show the significance of cracks as preferential-flow paths in vertisols, which bypass matrix blocks in the unsaturated zone, are summarized. Relatively fresh-water recharge and groundwater contamination from these fluxes and their modeling are reviewed; (2) soil cracks as deep evaporators and unsaturated-zone salinity: deep sediment samples under uncultivated vertisols in semiarid regions reveal a dry (immobile), saline matrix, partly due to enhanced evaporation through soil cracks. Observations of this phenomenon are compiled in this section and the mechanism of evapoconcentration due to air flow in the cracks is discussed; (3) impact of cultivation on flushing of the unsaturated zone and aquifer salinization: the third section examines studies reporting that land-use change of vertisols from native land to cropland promotes greater fluxes through the saline unsaturated-zone matrix, eventually flushing salts to the aquifer. Different degrees of salt flushing are assessed as well as aquifer salinization on different scales, and a comparison is made with aquifers under other soils; (4) relatively little nitrate contamination in aquifers under vertisols: in this section we turn the light on observations showing that aquifers under cultivated vertisols are somewhat resistant to groundwater contamination by nitrate (the major agriculturally related groundwater problem). Denitrification is probably the main mechanism supporting this resistance, whereas a certain degree of anion-exchange capacity may have a retarding effect as well. |
نوع الوثيقة: | article |
وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
اللغة: | English |
تدمد: | 1027-5606 1607-7938 |
Relation: | http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/20/1/2016/hess-20-1-2016.pdf; https://doaj.org/toc/1027-5606; https://doaj.org/toc/1607-7938 |
DOI: | 10.5194/hess-20-1-2016 |
URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/6080e228f88d452d9968800a7914da7b |
رقم الأكسشن: | edsdoj.6080e228f88d452d9968800a7914da7b |
قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
تدمد: | 10275606 16077938 |
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DOI: | 10.5194/hess-20-1-2016 |