Heterogeneity of water flow in grassland soil during irrigation experiment

Abstract: The heterogeneity of water flow was evaluated in sandy loam soil covered by grass. The radioactive tracer infiltration experiment was performed at two parallel plots with different irrigation intensities. Effective cross section and degree of preferential flow parameters were used to evaluate flow regime during the experiment. For both plots, the heterogeneity of water flow increased with depth. The differences in irrigation intensity did not result in different values of the effective cross section and degree of preferential flow, indicating similar flow regime within the two experimental plots. The heterogeneity of water flow in shallower depths (0–50 cm) did not change with cumulative infiltration except for early times/small cumulative infiltrations, when the flow paths of preferential flow were formed. In deeper depths (60–70 cm) the flow paths of preferential flow were formed later, and therefore, the heterogeneity of water changed with cumulative infiltration.

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Heterogeneity of water flow in grassland soil during irrigation experiment ; volume:69 ; number:11 ; year:2014 ; pages:1555-1561 ; extent:7 ; Biologia ; 69, Heft 11 (2014), 1555-1561 (gesamt 7)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Lichner, Ľubomír ; Dušek, Jaromír ; Tesař, Miroslav ; Czachor, Henryk ; Mészároš, Ivan

Further information

• DOI: 10.2478/s11756-014-0467-4
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2409231634126.076995920436
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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