Insights into saline soil cracking subjected to drying-wetting cycles

• Autorzy: Feng Haoxuan , Xing Xuguang , Su Liuchang , Zhang Chunzhe , Wang Yubo , Li Yibo , Wang Weihua

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.1007/s11600-024-01375-7

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Soil salinization has become a global environmental issue, and soil cracking can lead to preferential flows and destabilize the developments of plant-soil system. However, little is known about saline soil cracking, especially under external drying- wetting (D-W) alternations. This study explored how soil salt and continuous D-W cycles affected water evaporation and crack development responding to soil salinity (0, 0.3, 0.6, 1.0, and 2.0%, w/w) and three D-W cycles. Observed findings showed that saline soil water evaporation was smaller than nonsaline soil. Besides, the water evaporation decreased and increased as the soil salinity increased and the D-W cycles progressed, respectively. In addition, soil salt and D-W cycle inhibited and promoted soil cracking, respectively; specifically, the crack area density decreased and increased with increasing soil salinity and number of D-W cycles, respectively. Correlations indicated that the soil salt had overall larger contributions than the D-W cycle to the variations of water evaporation and crack development. Soil salt was negatively correlated with cumulative evaporation, evaporation rate, and crack length density, but was positively correlated with soil moisture; besides, D-W cycle was negatively correlated with soil moisture, but was positively correlated with cumulative evaporation, evaporation rate, crack area density, and crack length density. Mechanism exploration suggested that the salts inhibit surface cracking by promoting inter-microaggregate cementation and clay flocculation and blocking soil macropores; and the D-W cycle promotes surface cracking through the swelling-induced crack healing in the case of hydrophilic clay minerals in contact with water.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

desiccation crack; drying-wetting cycle; water evaporation; saline soil

PL

pęknięcie wysuszające; cykl suszenia-zwilżania; parowanie wody; słona gleba

• Wydawca: Instytut Geofizyki PAN ; Springer
• Czasopismo: Acta Geophysica
• Rocznik: 2025
• Tom: Vol. 73, no. 1
• Strony: 619--633
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 54 poz.

Twórcy

autor

Feng Haoxuan

• Key Laboratory for Agricultural Soil and Water Engineering in Arid Area of Ministry of Education, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China

autor

Xing Xuguang

• Key Laboratory for Agricultural Soil and Water Engineering in Arid Area of Ministry of Education, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China

autor

Su Liuchang

• Key Laboratory for Agricultural Soil and Water Engineering in Arid Area of Ministry of Education, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China

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Zhang Chunzhe

• School of Information and Control, Shenyang Institute of Technology, Shenyang 113122, Liaoning, China

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Wang Yubo

• Faculty of Modern Agricultural Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, Yunnan, China

autor

Li Yibo

• State Key Laboratory of Eco-Hydraulics in Northwest Arid Region, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710048, China

autor

Wang Weihua

• Faculty of Modern Agricultural Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, Yunnan, China

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa nr POPUL/SP/0154/2024/02 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki II" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki (2025).