Journal
CATENA
Volume 180, Issue -, Pages 355-364Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2019.05.013
Keywords
Water conservation; Soil water response; Hydrogen and oxygen isotope; Soil buffer; Rainfall event
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41701018, 41571130064]
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2017M611018]
- Youth Innovation Promotion Association, Chinese Academy of Sciences [2018057]
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Identifying the soil water response processes to rainfall events can provide scientific guidance to sustain and enhance ecosystem services of the terrestrial ecosystem. This study presents the results of soil water content and isotopic compositions response to a typical rainfall in the subtropical zone in east China. The response of soil water (including soil water content, hydrogen and oxygen isotope ratios) to rainfall event at three soil layers (0-10, 10-20, 20-30 cm) in two croplands, two orchards (tea and peach), and two forests were analyzed. The results showed that soil water recharge processes were varied in different land uses. The variation in the isotopic composition of soil water showed a hysteresis pattern, and this pattern was affected by land use types. The extents of isotopes depletion in topsoil (0-10 cm) were along the sequence of forest (9.90%) < orchard (10.86%) < cropland (13.70%), in contrast to the reduction of soil water content (17.46% in cropland, 32.06% in forest, and 41.78% in orchard). Little depletion in isotopes indicated limited evaporation effect on soil water, and the corresponding large reduction in water content suggested large infiltration or water recharge into deep soil, these implying a good water buffer for forest soils compared with crop soils. Soil texture and antecedent soil water were the main factors influencing the variations of both soil water content and isotopic compositions. The identification of different soil water changing processes may be important for water management and plant available water evaluation.
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