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SOIL GENESIS IN RELATION TO GROUNDWATER AND SOIL MOISTURE REGIMES NEAR VEGREVILLE, ALBERTA 1
Author(s) -
MACLEAN A. H.,
PAWLUK S.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
journal of soil science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.244
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1365-2389
pISSN - 0022-4588
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2389.1975.tb01952.x
Subject(s) - water table , groundwater , soil water , water content , groundwater flow , soil science , hydrology (agriculture) , geology , gypsum , environmental science , table (database) , moisture , water flow , soil salinity , salinity , aquifer , geotechnical engineering , chemistry , paleontology , oceanography , organic chemistry , computer science , data mining
Summary The study was designed to obtain information on flow and salinity of the groundwater, and on moisture regimes above the water table at selected sites near Vegreville, Alberta, and to relate this information to features of soil genesis revealed by soil mapping and analysis. All soils on the lower slopes, unlike those at upper elevations, contained accumulations of salts and gypsum, but the depth of salt accumulation and therefore the kind of soil appeared to be related only partly to current groundwater flow directions and the depth of the water table. The sodium content of the discharging groundwater and past flow conditions also appeared to be important. Lateral flow above the water table is suggested as being of possible importance in desalinization of surface horizons.