Saturated hydraulic conductivity estimates of soils for three sites in the Georgia Southern Piedmont

Abreu, María Eugenia; West, Larry T.

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Saturated hydraulic conductivity estimates of soils for three sites in the Georgia Southern Piedmont

dc.contributor.author	Abreu, María Eugenia
dc.contributor.author	West, Larry T.
dc.contributor.corporatename	University of Georgia. Dept. of Crop and Soil Sciences	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Hatcher, Kathryn J.	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2013-06-18T23:03:51Z
dc.date.available	2013-06-18T23:03:51Z
dc.date.issued	2005-04
dc.description.abstract	For soils in the Southern Piedmont, clayey upper Bt horizons have typically been estimated to have low saturated hydraulic conductivity (Ks) relative to underlying less clayey horizons. However, data from a few sites suggest that the more clayey upper Bt horizons are more permeable than deeper horizons. The objective of this study was to evaluate Ks in major horizons of soils on various landscape positions in Piedmont landscapes and to associate those measurements with morphological and landscape properties to refine morphology-based estimates of Ks. For sites studied so far, mean field measured Ks of upper Bt horizons was 42.6 centimeters per day as compared to 12.3 cm d-1 for underlying horizons with less clay. High permeability of the upper Bt horizons is attributed to well developed pedogenic structure.	en_US
dc.description.sponsorship	Sponsored by: Georgia Environmental Protection Division U.S. Geological Survey, Georgia Water Science Center U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia Water Resources Institute The University of Georgia, Water Resources Faculty	en_US
dc.embargo.terms	null	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1853/47822
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	Georgia Institute of Technology	en_US
dc.publisher.original	Institute of Ecology, The University of Georgia	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	GWRI2005. Poster and exhibit session	en_US
dc.subject	Water resources management	en_US
dc.subject	Clayey	en_US
dc.title	Saturated hydraulic conductivity estimates of soils for three sites in the Georgia Southern Piedmont	en_US
dc.type	Text
dc.type.genre	Proceedings
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local.contributor.corporatename	Georgia Water Resources Institute
local.contributor.corporatename	School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
local.contributor.corporatename	College of Engineering
local.relation.ispartofseries	Georgia Water Resources Conference
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