Articles | Volume 26, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-2499-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-2499-2022
Research article
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16 May 2022
Research article |  | 16 May 2022

Compaction effects on evaporation and salt precipitation in drying porous media

Nurit Goldberg-Yehuda, Shmuel Assouline, Yair Mau, and Uri Nachshon

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CT_SCANS U. Nachshon and N. Goldberg https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.14773212.v1

EVAPORATION_DATA U. Nachshon and N. Goldberg https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.14773149.v1

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In this work the interactions between soil compaction, evaporation, and salt accumulation at the vadose zone are discussed. Changes at the micro and macro scales of the soil physical and hydraulic properties were studied using high-resolution imagining techniques, alongside column experiments, aiming to characterize water flow and evaporation processes at natural, compacted, and tilled soil conditions. In addition, salt accumulation at the soil profile was examined for these setups.