Journal
ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH SCIENCES
Volume 59, Issue 4, Pages 837-845Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-009-0079-4
Keywords
Sodic saline soil; The layered soil water balance model; Soil water and solute; Songnen Plain
Funding
- Major State Basic Research Development Program of China (973 Program) [2006CB403303]
- National Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars of China [50625926]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [40701189]
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According to the field experiment in the sodic saline soil region in the Songnen Plain, the dynamics of the soil water and solute affected by the shallow groundwater were explored during the growing season in 2004. The results presented that, influenced by the strongly evaporative demand, the soil water tended to transport to the upper soil layer with salt. The layered soil water balance model (LSWB model) revealed that the ratio of the water exchange between the groundwater and upper layer of the soil was 11.7:1. The groundwater discharge was 53.86 mm, but the groundwater recharge from the upper layer of soil was only 5.04 mm from 11 July to 06 September, which indicated that the groundwater could discharge to upper layer of soil and influence the soil salinization through capillary rise. The observed values of the salt content from July to mid-October presented that the soil solute was more changeable influenced by the climatic condition at 30 cm depth. As the field saturated hydraulic conductivity was low, the salts mainly accumulated in about 50-70 cm depth soil layer and hardly leached into deeper soil layer. Furthermore, the salt content was mainly controlled by the groundwater in the subsoil below 100 cm depth, the salt content decreased with the groundwater level receding. As influenced by the shallow groundwater and freeze-thaw action, further studies should be performed on the mechanism of soil salinization in the sodic saline soil region in the Songnen Plain of China.
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