Long-term Movement of a Chloride Tracer under Transient, Semi-Arid Conditions
M. F. Dycka,
R. G. Kachanoski*,b and
E. de Jongc
a KBL Land Use Consulting Ltd., 230323 10th Ave. SW, Calgary, AB T2R 0A5, Canada
b Office of the Vice President, Research, Univ. of Alberta, 3rd Floor University Hall, Edmonton, AB T6G 2J9, Canada
c Dep. of Soil Science, Univ. of Saskatchewan, 51 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A8, Canada

View larger version (44K):
[in a new window]
|
Fig. 1. Topographic location of research site showing original KCl plots. (+) Location of background core. () Location of transect established in summer 2000.
|
|

View larger version (38K):
[in a new window]
|
Fig. 2. Summary of chloride movement over time.
|
|

View larger version (21K):
[in a new window]
|
Fig. 3. Transect-scale average volumetric water content and resident soil Cl concentrations. The reference lines indicate major layer boundaries. The error bars represent the 95% confidence interval.
|
|
Copyright © 2003 by the Soil Science Society of America.