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Soil Water Repellency: Occurrence, Consequences, and Amelioration

Ritsema, C.J.; Dekker, L.W.

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Table of contents
  • Cover
  • Contentsv
  • Chapter 1. Introduction1
  • Chapter 2. Historical overview of soil water repellency3
  • PART 1: ORIGIN OF SOIL WATER REPELLENCY23
  • Chapter 3. Hydrophobic compounds in sands from New Zealand25
  • Chapter 4. Chemical characterisation of water repellent materials in Australian sands37
  • PART 2: ASSESSMENT OF SOIL WATER REPELLENCY49
  • Chapter 5. Characterizing the degree of repellency51
  • Chapter 6. Sessile drop contact angle method57
  • Chapter 7. Water-entry value as an alternative indicator67
  • PART 3: OCCURRENCE AND HYDROLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS75
  • Chapter 8. Soil wettability in forested catchments in South Africa77
  • Chapter 9. Soil water repellency in arid and humid climates93
  • Chapter 10. Water repellency in dunes along the Dutch coast99
  • Chapter 11. Water repellent soils on UK golf greens113
  • Chapter 12. Soil water repellency in the Natural Park of Donana, southern Spain121
  • Chapter 13. Soil water repellency in northeastern Greece127
  • Chapter 14. Soil moisture: a controlling factor in water repellency?137
  • Chapter 15. Wetting patterns in water repellent Dutch soils151
  • Chapter 16. The impact of water-repellency on overland flow and runoff in Portugal167
  • Chapter 17. The erosional impact of soil water repellency: an evaluation179
  • PART 4: EFFECT OF FIRE ON WATER REPELLENCY191
  • Chapter 18. The role of fire and soil heating on water repellency193
  • Chapter 19. Infiltration rates after prescribed fire in Northern Rocky Mountain forests203
  • PART 5: PHYSICS AND MODELING ON WATER REPELLENT SOILS213
  • Chapter 20. Physics of hydrophobic soils215
  • Chapter 21. Solute transport through a hydrophobic soil225
  • Chapter 22. Effects of water repellency on infiltration rate and flow instability235
  • Chapter 23. Non-equilibrium model for gravity-driven fingering in water repellent soils: Formulation245
  • Chapter 24. Modeling implications of preferential flow in water repellent sandy soils259
  • PART 6: AMELIORATION TECHNIQUES AND FARMING STRATEGIES ON WATER REPELLENT SOILS271
  • Chapter 25. Clay spreading on water repellent sands273
  • Chapter 26. Treating water repellent surface layer with surfactant281
  • Chapter 27. Management of water repellency in Australia291
  • Chapter 28. Water repellency: a whole farm bio-economic perspective303
  • PART 7: BIBLIOGRAPHY AND REFERENCES313
  • Chapter 29. More than one thousand references related to soil water repellency315
  • Chapter 30. References not listed in chapter 29347
Book details
  • Vendor Elsevier S & T
  • SKU 9780444512697
  • ISBN-13 9780080523217
  • Author Ritsema, C.J.; Dekker, L.W.
  • Category Science
  • Subject Environmental Science

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It has become clear that soil water repellency is much more wide-spread than formerly thought. Water repellency has been reported in most continents of the world for varying land uses and climatic conditions. Soil water repellency often leads to severe runoff and erosion, rapid leaching of surface-applied agrichemicals, and losses of water and nutrient availability for crops. At present, no optimum management strategies exist for water repellent soils, focusing on minimizing environmental risks while maintaining crop production.



The book starts with a historical overview of water repellency research, followed by seven thematic sections covering 26 research chapters. The first section discusses the origin, the second the assessment, and the third the occurrence and hydrological implications of soil water repellency. The fourth section is devoted to the effect of fire on water repellency, section five deals with the physics and modeling of flow and transport in water repellent soils, section six presents amelioration techniques and farming strategies to combat soil water repellency, and section seven concludes the book with an extensive bibliography on soil water repellency.