Dynamics of Soil Surface Bulk Density: Role of Water Table Elevation and Rainfall Duration

Autor: L. M. Bresson, Bénédicte Augeard, Cyril Kao, Shmuel Assouline, Michel Vauclin
Přispěvatelé: Hydrosystèmes et Bioprocédés (UR HBAN), Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA), Environnement et Grandes Cultures (EGC), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-AgroParisTech, The institut of Soil Water and Environmental Sciences, Volcani Center, Laboratoire d'étude des transferts en hydrologie et environnement (LTHE), Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble (INPG)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Grenoble (OSUG), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry]), Hydrosystèmes et bioprocédés (UR HBAN), AgroParisTech-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble (INPG)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Grenoble (OSUG), Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)
Rok vydání: 2008
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Zdroj: Soil Science Society of America Journal
Soil Science Society of America Journal, Soil Science Society of America, 2008, 72 (2), pp.412 à 423. ⟨10.2136/sssaj2006.0429⟩
ISSN: 0361-5995
1435-0661
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2006.0429
Popis: International audience; Measurements of soil bulk density profiles combined with thin-section analysis have been suggested to assess the structural seedbed degradation caused by rainfall. The effects of water table elevation and rainfall duration on surface sealing and seedbed slumping were studied on a repacked silt loam soil. Two initial water table elevations (0.3 and 0.7 m below the soil surface) and three simulated rainfall durations (15, 30, and 40 min at 30.5 mm h-1 followed by 180 min at 7 mm h-1) were used. Seedbed bulk density profiles were generated using x-radiography of resin-impregnated soil slices. Macroporosity measurements using image analysis and thin-section observations showed that infilling of eroded particles in interaggregate voids and compaction of the infilled particles were the main sealing processes. Below the seal, the seedbed exhibited coalescence and welding of aggregates into larger units, which affected mainly macroporosity. A model of sealing, exponential decrease in bulk density with depth, and slumping, linear increase in bulk density with depth, adequately reproduced the measured bulk density profiles (regression RMSE range 0.057-0.106 Mg m-3). The change in surface bulk density increased with rainfall duration, whereas this factor did not significantly affect slumping. The highest initial water table elevation led to the highest soil surface and internal seedbed bulk densities. It was suggested that high values of soil water content led to a decrease in aggregate cohesion. Moreover, the number of wetting and drying cycles and the water content during these cycles were shown to increase the magnitude of slumping.
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