Measurement of solute fluxes in macroporous soils: techniques, problems and precision

Authors
Armstrong, AC Leeds-Harrison, PB Harris, GL Catt, JA
Citation
Ac. Armstrong et al., Measurement of solute fluxes in macroporous soils: techniques, problems and precision, SOIL USE M, 15(4), 1999, pp. 240-246
Citations number
37
Categorie Soggetti
Environment/Ecology
Journal title
SOIL USE AND MANAGEMENT
ISSN journal
02660032 → ACNP
Volume
15
Issue
4
Year of publication
1999
Pages
240 - 246
Database
ISI
SICI code
0266-0032(199912)15:4<240:MOSFIM>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
Preferential flow has been increasingly recognised as a major component of water movement in many soils, particularly clays. This paper reviews proble ms in the measurement of solute fluxes in these soils, and discusses the so lutions that have been adopted in UK studies of cracking clay soils. The es timation of solute fluxes is subject to many sources of error, which are be st reduced by replicated measurements, such as those available in multi-plo t experiments.