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Establishing the role of pedogenesis in changing soil hydraulic properties

Brooks, Susan and Richards, K.S. (1993) Establishing the role of pedogenesis in changing soil hydraulic properties. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 18 (6), pp. 573-578. ISSN 0197-9337.

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Abstract

Chronosequences provide suitable sources for the study of changes in soil hydraulic behaviour as a result of long-term pedogenesis. For a podsol chronosequence in the Scottish Highlands, data are presented to indicate the changes that have occurred over 13000 years in the saturated hydraulic conductivity (Ksat) in each horizon. As the soil profile has evolved into a differentiated sequence of three horizons, the resulting hydrological changes can be both measured and quantified by relating Ksat to textural properties and bulk density. The results are significant for interpretation of changing runoff processes and slope stability.

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Item Type: Article
School: Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences
Depositing User: Sarah Hall
Date Deposited: 08 Nov 2016 14:45
Last Modified: 02 Aug 2023 17:27
URI: https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/16628

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