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Self-organization of hydrophobic soil and granular surfaces [PDF]

, 2007
Soil can become extremely water repellent following forest fires or oil spillages, thus preventing penetration of water and increasing runoff and soil erosion. Here the authors show that evaporation of a droplet from the surface of a hydrophobic granular
Pyatt, F. Brian, Stefan Doerr, McHale, Glen, Stefan H. Doerr, Doerr, Stefan, Michael I. Newton, Newton, Michael, Neil J. Shirtcliffe, Glen McHale, Shirtcliffe, Neil, F. Brian Pyatt   +10 more
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Water repellency in forest soils affected by fires and agricultural soils with different agricultural management and abandonment

Cuadernos de Investigación Geográfica, 2013
Soil water repellency determines the water available in the soil system, the runoff generation and the geomorphologic processes. This study examines the soil wettability during the summer of 2008 and 2009 in forest soils with different fire history, and ...
M. B. Bodí, A. Cerdà, J. Mataix-Solera, S. H. Doerr   +3 more
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Impact of secondary succession in abandoned fields on some properties of acidic sandy soils

Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics, 2020
Abandonment of agricultural lands in recent decades is occurring mainly in Europe, North America and Oceania, and changing the fate of landscapes as the ecosystem recovers during fallow stage.
Lichner Ľubomír, Iovino Massimo, Šurda Peter, Nagy Viliam, Zvala Anton, Kollár Jozef, Pecho Jozef, Píš Vladimír, Sepehrnia Nasrollah, Sándor Renáta   +9 more
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Application of actinomycetes to soil to ameliorate water repellency [PDF]

Letters in Applied Microbiology, 2002
The aim of this study was to develop a novel isolation technique using a mixture of Bacillus and Streptomyces phages to selectively isolate wax-utilizing non-streptomycete actinomycetes effective in ameliorating water repellency in a problem soil.Phages added to a soil suspension reduced the dominance of Bacillus and Streptomyces isolates and ...
McKenna, F., El-Tarabily, K.A., Petrie, S., Chen, C., Dell, B.   +4 more
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Effects of high temperatures on soil properties : lessons to share from smouldering remediation experience [PDF]

, 2015
Aggressive, high-temperature contaminant remediation processes such as smouldering remediation are growing in popularity as technical knowledge of their capabilities becomes more widespread.
Switzer, Christine, Zihms, Stephanie, Tarantino, Alessandro   +2 more
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Microbial Effects on Hydraulic Properties of Sewage Sludge-Induced Water-Repellent Soil. [PDF]

Desert
Soil water repellency (SWR) is a widespread natural phenomenon that results from a complex interplay between the hydrosphere, lithosphere, biosphere, atmosphere, and anthroposphere.
Nasrin Karimian, Shoja Ghorbani-Dashtaki, Fayez Raiesi, Sayyed-Hassan Tabatabaei, Bijan Khalilimoghadam   +4 more
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Water entrance-and-release capacity and contact angle of improved granite residual soil

Shuiwen dizhi gongcheng dizhi, 2022
Water entrance-and-release capacity of granite residual soil is closely related to the special mechanical properties of softening and disintegration. Existing research on the improved soil focuses on the macro-mechanical properites and variation of micro-
Liansheng TANG, Qixin LIU, Yinlei SUN, Hansheng XU   +3 more
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Rhizosphere-Scale Quantification of Hydraulic and Mechanical Properties of Soil Impacted by Root and Seed Exudates

Vadose Zone Journal, 2018
Using rhizosphere-scale physical measurements, we tested the hypothesis that plant exudates gel together soil particles and, on drying, enhance soil water repellency. Barley ( L. cv. Optic) and maize ( L. cv. Freya) root exudates were compared with chia (
M. Naveed, L.K. Brown, A.C. Raffan, T.S. George, A.G. Bengough, T. Roose, I. Sinclair, N. Koebernick, L. Cooper, P.D. Hallett   +9 more
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Ground Fire Legacy Effects on Water-Dynamics of Volcanic Tropical Soils

Spanish Journal of Soil Science, 2023
The forest floor is a critical component in maintaining the life cycles of forest ecosystems. It normally includes organic soil horizons, known as duff and litter, which are prone to be rapidly consumed after flaming and smoldering fires.
Luis D. Olivares-Martinez, Luis D. Olivares-Martinez, Alberto Gomez-Tagle, Jorge Mataix-Solera   +3 more
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Superhydrophobic surfaces: a model approach to predict contact angle and surface energy of soil particles [PDF]

, 2009
Wettability of soil affects a wide variety of processes including infiltration, preferential flow and surface runoff. The problem of determining contact angles and surface energy of powders, such as soil particles, remains unsolved.
Bachmann, Jörg, McHale, Glen
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