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Soil Surface Salty Crusts and Water Loss by Evaporation
Author(s) -
Galizzi Fernando A.,
Peinemann Norman
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
soil science society of america journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1435-0661
pISSN - 0361-5995
DOI - 10.2136/sssaj1989.03615995005300050055x
Subject(s) - evaporation , soil water , salt (chemistry) , soil science , crust , geology , mineralogy , hydrology (agriculture) , chemistry , geochemistry , geotechnical engineering , physics , thermodynamics
Water evaporation measurements in small soil columns saturated with different salt solutions show that the surface salty crusts affect the water content as well as the water movement in the soils in the order: NaCl < Na 2 CO 3 < Na 2 SO 4 < MgSO 4 . Morphological observations suggest that these differences are due to the deposited salt crust.