SSSAJ
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

Published online 4 August 2005
Published in Soil Sci Soc Am J 69:1482-1491 (2005)
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2004.0377
© 2005 Soil Science Society of America
677 S. Segoe Rd., Madison, WI 53711 USA
This Article
Right arrow Abstract Freely available
Right arrow Full Text Free
Right arrow Full Text (PDF) Free
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in ISI Web of Science
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Drohan, P. J.
Right arrow Articles by Buck, B. J.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow Articles by Drohan, P. J.
Right arrow Articles by Buck, B. J.
Agricola
Right arrow Articles by Drohan, P. J.
Right arrow Articles by Buck, B. J.
Related Collections
Right arrow Ecosystem Management
Right arrow Dryland Soils
Right arrow Soil Chemistry

Suitability of the Plant Root Simulator Probe for Use in the Mojave Desert

P. J. Drohana,*, D. J. Merklerb and B. J. Bucka

a University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Dep. of Geoscience, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010
b NRCS, Resource Soil Scientist, 5820 South Pecos Rd., Bldg. A, Suite 400, Las Vegas, Nevada 89120



View larger version (120K):

[in a new window]
  		Fig. 1. Study area—Clark County, Nevada.

 


View larger version (83K):

[in a new window]
  		Fig. 2. (A) Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) image of euhedral, skeletal (hollow) halite from 1 surface salt crust. (B) SEM image of euhedral, lenticular gypsum from Stage I snowball in 2By horizon (46–89 cm).

 


View larger version (14K):

[in a new window]
  		Fig. 3. Precipitation data for the study periods. Wet period (WP) and dry period (DP) refer to the two study periods.

 


View larger version (14K):

[in a new window]
  		Fig. 4. Volumetric soil water content (expressed as a percentage) for the four probe depths. Data before and beyond the study period are provided to show seasonal patterns. Legend symbols refer to the burial depth for the moisture probes.

 


View larger version (15K):

[in a new window]
  		Fig. 5. Soil temperature for the four probe depths. Data before and beyond the study period are provided to show seasonal patterns. Legend symbols refer to the burial depth for the temperature probes.

 




HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
The SCI Journals Agronomy Journal Crop Science
Journal of Natural Resources
and Life Sciences Education		 Vadose Zone Journal
Journal of Plant Registrations Journal of
Environmental Quality		 The Plant Genome
Copyright © 2005 by the Soil Science Society of America.