Messing, Ingmar
- Department of Soil Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Abstract
This study tests relationships between, on the one hand, field-saturated infiltration rate into the uppermost sloping soil layer (K-fsi) and field-saturated hydraulic conductivity in soil horizons (K-fsh) and, on the other hand, in situ determined macropore sizes in soil profile descriptions. It was carried out at six locations along a transect on a slope with loamy soils. The macropores were classified into representative size indices based on pore diameters (P-td) and pore areas (P-ta). A strong relationship was found between K-fsi and P-ta, and between K-fsh and P-td. The approach is promising and the methodology could be further developed with the aim of generalizing the functional relationships, so that K-fs can be estimated in areas where soil survey databases contain information on pore size abundance but lack K-fs values
Published in
Soil Use and Management
2005, volume: 21, number: 3, pages: 276-277
Publisher: CABI PUBLISHING
SLU Authors
UKÄ Subject classification
Agricultural Science
Publication identifier
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1079/SUM2005333
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/6350