Pedotransfer functions in Earth system science: Challenges and perspectives

K Van Looy, J Bouma, M Herbst, J Koestel… - Reviews of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Soil, through its various functions, plays a vital role in the Earth's ecosystems and provides
multiple ecosystem services to humanity. Pedotransfer functions (PTFs) are simple to …

Review of dispersivities for transport modeling in soils

J Vanderborght, H Vereecken - Vadose Zone Journal, 2007 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The one-dimensional convection–dispersion equation is often used to estimate the risk of
nonpoint source groundwater contamination and the dispersivity in this equation is known to …

Meta-analysis of the effects of soil properties, site factors and experimental conditions on solute transport

JK Koestel, J Moeys, NJ Jarvis - Hydrology and Earth System …, 2012 - hess.copernicus.org
Preferential flow is a widespread phenomenon that is known to strongly affect solute
transport in soil, but our understanding and knowledge is still poor of the site factors and soil …

Estimating flow and transport parameters in the unsaturated zone with pore water stable isotopes

M Sprenger, THM Volkmann, T Blume… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2015 - hess.copernicus.org
Determining the soil hydraulic properties is a prerequisite to physically model transient water
flow and solute transport in the vadose zone. Estimating these properties by inverse …

Transport, sorption and degradation of atrazine in two clay soils from Mexico: Andosol and Vertisol

B Prado, C Duwig, C Hidalgo, K Müller, L Mora… - Geoderma, 2014 - Elsevier
Although atrazine has been banned in the European Union, it is still one of the most widely
used herbicides in the world. It is has been detected in surface and groundwater and has …

Comparison of transient state models that include salinity and matric stress effects on plant yield

JD Oster, J Letey, P Vaughan, L Wu, M Qadir - Agricultural Water …, 2012 - Elsevier
Transient-state models that account for continually changing salinity and matric stress on
crop yields have been developed by several research groups. The objective of this research …

Effects of Pisha sandstone content on solute transport in a sandy soil

Q Zhen, J Zheng, H He, F Han, X Zhang - Chemosphere, 2016 - Elsevier
In sandy soil, water, nutrients and even pollutants are easily leaching to deeper layers. The
objective of this study was to assess the effects of Pisha sandstone on soil solute transport in …

Relation of dispersivity to properties of homogeneous saturated repacked soil columns

M Bromly, C Hinz, LAG Aylmore - European journal of soil …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
It is expected that solute dispersivity is determined by the physical properties of the transport
medium. However, experimental investigations to date have not identified such a …

[PDF][PDF] Extraction and evaluation of chitosan from crab exoskeleton as a seed fungicide and plant growth enhancer

F Burrows, C Louime, M Abazinge… - Am. Eurasian J. Agric …, 2007 - researchgate.net
Proper disposal of seafood wastes is a continuous problem along the Eastern shores of the
United States. Blue crab and scallop processing plants continuously dumped their residues …

Quantifying solute transport at the shale hills critical zone observatory

BW Kuntz, S Rubin, B Berkowitz… - Vadose Zone …, 2011 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
We collected and analyzed Br− breakthrough curve (BTC) data to identify the parameters
controlling transport from a series of soil cores and a field-scale tracer test at the Shale Hills …