Water retention of arctic zone soils (Spitsbergen)

• Autorzy: Melke J. , Witkowska-Walczak B. , Bartminski P.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The water retention characteristics of the arctic zone soils ((TurbicCryosol (Skeletic), TurbicCryosols (Siltic, Skeletic) and BrunicTurbicCryosol (Arenic)) derived in different micro-relief forms were determined. Water retention curves were similar in their course for the mud boils, cell forms, and sorted circles ie for TurbicCryosols. For these forms, the mud boils showed the highest water retention ability, whereas the sorted circles – the lowest one. Water retention curves for the tundra polygonsv (Brunic TurbicCryosol, Arenic) were substantially different from these mentioned above. The tundra polygons were characterized by the lowest bulk density of 1.26 g cm-3, whereas the sorted circles (TurbicCryosol, Skeletic) – the highest: 1.88 g cm-3. Total porosity was the highest for the tundra polygons (52.4 and 55.5%) and the lowest – for the sorted circles (28.8 and 26.2%). Pore size distribution of the investigated soils showed that independently of depths, the highest content of large and medium pores was noticed for the tundra polygons ie 21.2-24.2 and 19.9-18.7%, respectively. The lowest content of large pores was observed for the cell forms (6.4-5.9%) whereas the mud boils exhibited the lowest amount of medium sized pores (12.2-10.4%) (both TurbicCryosols Siltic, Skeletic). The highest content of small pores was detected in the mud boils – 20.4 and 19.0%.

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: International Agrophysics
• Rocznik: 2013
• Tom: 27
• Numer: 4
• Opis fizyczny: p.439-444,fig.,ref.

Twórcy

autor

Melke J.

• Department of Soil Science and Protection, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Al. Krasnicka 2cd, 20-718 Lublin, Poland

autor

Witkowska-Walczak B.

• Institute of Agrophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Doswiadczalna 4, 20-290 Lublin, Poland

autor

Bartminski P.

• Department of Soil Science and Protection, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Al. Krasnicka 2cd, 20-718 Lublin, Poland

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