The formation and propagation of surface desiccation cracks in vegetated infrastructures
involve coupled factors including unsaturated soil mechanics, atmospheric conditions and …

A large number of studies over the past four decades have demonstrated the ubiquity of
preferential flow in diverse soils. Because of its significant impacts on ecosystem services …

Desiccation cracks on a soil slope can significantly increase permeability, reduce shear
strength, and potentially result in shallow landslides. To reveal the slope failure mechanism …

The soil water retention curve is one of the most important properties used to predict the
amount of water available to plants, pore size distribution and hydraulic conductivity, as well …

Red clay, an easily cracking lateritic soil, is extensively distributed in southern China.
Cracked red clay slopes often show shallow failures under rainfall, which is challenging to …

Inefficient water management in rice paddy is responsible for a large quantity of water and
nutrient loss, which causes tremendous economic and environmental costs. Yet, quantified …

Rainfall intensity, duration, frequency and magnitude influence both runoff generation and
sediment yield. In this study, 176 rainfall events over a five-year period were classified into …

Surface soil hydraulic properties play critical roles in controlling water infiltration,
evaporation, and soil water storage, in‐turn affecting the evolution of soil pore structure in …

The different types of soil macropores (eg, biopores and non-biopores) vary in the
conductivity of water or air due to the difference in the 3D pore characteristics. The …

Land cover and rainfall regime are two important factors that affect soil erosion. In this paper,
three land cover types–grass cover, litter cover and bare land–were employed to analyze …