The Effects of Timing of Inundation on Soil Physical Quality in the Water-Level Fluctuation Zone of the Three Gorges Reservoir Region, China | |
Cui, Junfang1![]() | |
2018 | |
Source Publication | VADOSE ZONE JOURNAL
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ISSN | 1539-1663 |
Volume | 17Issue:1Pages:UNSP 180043 |
Subtype | Article |
Contribution Rank | 1 |
Abstract | With the completion of the Three Gorges Dam, soils between the elevations of 145 and 175 m are exposed or submerged seasonally. Soil hydrological and physical properties are changed. A detailed investigation was performed to examine the influence of the timing of inundation on soil physical quality. Samples were collected in the water level fluctuation (WLF) zone and non-WLF zone in Zhongxian County, Chongqing. Soil samples were taken from depths of 0 to 10, 10 to 20, 20 to 30, and 30 to 40 cm. Soil structural quality was assessed by the visual evaluation of soil structure (VESS) method in situ; mean weight diameter (MWD) and mass fractal dimension (D-m) were measured to represent soil aggregate stability; and the soil water retention curve and computed microtomography (micro-CT) images were used to show soil pore networks. Our findings show a deterioration of soil structure indicated by a high structural quality (Sq) score in VESS (the higher the Sq score, the worse the soil structural quality) and a decline in soil aggregate stability indicated by low MWD and low D-m in the WLF zone. The data from both the soil water retention curve and micro-CT images demonstrate a deterioration of soil physical quality through decreased porosity and a shift of drainable micropores (0.1 < radii < 125 mu m) to non-drainable micropores (radii < 0.1 mu m) in the WLF zone of the Three Gorges Reservoir. The potential of environmental hazards of soil in WLF zone was also investigated. |
Keyword | Soil Physical Quality the Water-Level Fluctuation Zone the Three Gorges Reservoir Region China |
DOI | 10.2136/vzj2018.03.0043 |
Indexed By | SCI |
WOS Keyword | ORGANIC-MATTER DYNAMICS ; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY ; COMPUTED-TOMOGRAPHY ; EROSION PROCESSES ; RETENTION ; AREA ; PHOSPHORUS ; NITROGEN ; TILLAGE ; CARBON |
Language | 英语 |
Quartile | 3区 |
Funding Project | National Key Research and Development Program of China[2017YFD0800101] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41790431] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41501237] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41601539] ; Key Advanced Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences[QYZDJ-SSW-DQC006] ; 135 Strategic Program of the Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, CAS[SDS-135-1702] |
TOP | 否 |
WOS Research Area | Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Agriculture ; Water Resources |
WOS Subject | Environmental Sciences ; Soil Science ; Water Resources |
WOS ID | WOS:000447613700001 |
Funding Organization | National Key Research and Development Program of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Key Advanced Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences ; 135 Strategic Program of the Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, CAS |
Publisher | SOIL SCI SOC AMER |
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Document Type | 期刊论文 |
Identifier | http://ir.imde.ac.cn/handle/131551/24045 |
Collection | 山地表生过程与生态调控重点实验室 |
Corresponding Author | Tang, Xiangyu |
Affiliation | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Mt Hazards & Environm, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan, Peoples R China; 2.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China; 3.Chongqing Technol & Business Univ, Coll Tourism & Land Resource, Chongqing 400067, Peoples R China; 4.Univ Trier, Dept Soil Sci, D-54286 Trier, Germany; 5.Hainan Univ, Coll Mat & Chem Engn, Haikou 570228, Hainan, Peoples R China |
First Author Affilication | 中国科学院水利部成都山地灾害与环境研究所 |
Corresponding Author Affilication | 中国科学院水利部成都山地灾害与环境研究所 |
Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Cui, Junfang,Tang, Xiangyu,Zhang, Wei,et al. The Effects of Timing of Inundation on Soil Physical Quality in the Water-Level Fluctuation Zone of the Three Gorges Reservoir Region, China[J]. VADOSE ZONE JOURNAL,2018,17(1):UNSP 180043. |
APA | Cui, Junfang,Tang, Xiangyu,Zhang, Wei,&Liu, Chuandong.(2018).The Effects of Timing of Inundation on Soil Physical Quality in the Water-Level Fluctuation Zone of the Three Gorges Reservoir Region, China.VADOSE ZONE JOURNAL,17(1),UNSP 180043. |
MLA | Cui, Junfang,et al."The Effects of Timing of Inundation on Soil Physical Quality in the Water-Level Fluctuation Zone of the Three Gorges Reservoir Region, China".VADOSE ZONE JOURNAL 17.1(2018):UNSP 180043. |
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