微咸水灌溉对斥水土壤水盐运移的影响

土壤斥水性影响着作物的产量,为了研究微咸水灌溉对斥水土壤水盐运移的影响,进行了室内土柱微咸水入渗试验。对比了不同矿化度和斥水程度对两种土质水盐运移的影响,探讨了微咸水入渗后土壤斥水性的变化特征。结果表明,不斥水土壤的入渗能力随矿化度的增加而增加。亲水和斥水土壤的入渗率均可采用Kostiakov公式简单模拟。斥水土壤入渗能力在矿化度为1?g/L时达到最大,超过1?g/L后则随矿化度的增大而减小。微咸水入渗的累积入渗量与湿润锋推进距离呈良好的线性关系,斥水性土壤中的相同剖面水盐的含量比不斥水的减小。微咸水入渗后土壤产生了一定的斥水性。该研究表明微咸水灌溉对盐渍化土壤的水盐分布和斥水性均有一定程度的影响。     

Do surface active substances from water repellent soils aid wetting?

Soil water repellency is usually unstable, as exemplified by the common method of quantifying repellency degree – the water drop penetration time (WDPT) test. Dynamic penetration and infiltration of water into repellent soils is generally attributed to either reduction of the solid‐liquid interfacial energy (γ_SL) or reduction of the liquid‐vapour interfacial energy (γ_LV), or both. The reduction of γ_SL can result from conformation changes, hydration, or rearrangement of organic molecules coating soil particle surfaces as a result of contact with water, while the reduction of γ_LV can result from dissolution of soil‐borne surface active organic compounds into the water drop. The purpose of this study was to explicitly test the role of the second mechanism in dynamic wetting processes in unstably repellent soils, by examining the drop penetration time (DPT) of water extracts from repellent soils obtained after varying extraction times and at different soil : water ratios. It was indeed found that soil extracts had lower surface tensions (γ_LV approx. 51–54 mN m⁻¹) than distilled water. However, DPT of the soil extracts in water repellent soils was generally the same or greater than that of water. Salt solutions with the same electrical conductivity and monovalent/divalent cation ratio as the soil extracts, but lacking surface active organic substances, had the same DPT as did the extracts. In contrast, DPT of ethanol solutions prepared with the same γ_LV, electrical conductivity, and monovalent/divalent cation ratio as the soil extracts, was much faster. Ethanol solutions are usually used as an agent to reduce γ_LV and as such, to reduce DPT. It is concluded that the surface‐active, soil‐derived organic substances in aqueous soil extracts do not contribute to wetting dynamics, and as such, this mechanism for explaining kinetics of water penetration into water repellent soils is rejected. It is also concluded that the rapid penetration of ethanol solutions must be due not only to changes in γ_LV, but to also to changes in either or both γ_SL and the solid‐vapour interfacial energy (γ_SV). These results stand in sharp contrast to well‐accepted logical paradigms.     

四种入渗模型对斥水土壤入渗规律的适用性

土壤斥水性影响入渗,进而影响作物产量。国外学者进行了一定的研究,但在中国研究的还很少。该文基于实测资料探讨几种常规的入渗模型在斥水土壤中的适用性。采用室内土柱进行积水入渗试验,对比了不同积水高度和斥水度条件下的土壤入渗规律,并采用4种模型分析了土壤入渗率变化特征。结果表明,累积入渗量随入渗历时的变化可用幂函数描述,不斥水土壤累积入渗量明显大于斥水土壤;累积入渗量与湿润锋推进距离呈良好的线性关系;利用Green-Ampt模型、Philip模型、Kostiakov公式和指数公式对入渗率与入渗历时间的关系进行拟合,其中Kostiakov公式更接近于实测值,其他模型拟合效果因斥水程度等因素的不同而异。     

Extraction and characterization of water–repellent materials from Australian soils

Organic materials responsible for water–repellency in some Australian soils were extracted with an amphiphilic mixture of iso -propanol/15.7 m ammonia (7:3, v:v) in a Soxhlet apparatus, after which the water–repellent soils were rendered wettable. The successful extraction by an organic solvent system indicates that the bulk of hydrophobicity in these soils is not covalently linked to the surface of the sand. The extracted materials restored hydrophobicity on acid washed sands or ignited sands at levels comparable to the original soils.
Spectroscopic and chromatographic examination of the extracted materials indicated that both free and esterified long–chain, 16–32 carbon atom, fatty acids were present with a bimodal distribution showing maxima at C₁₆ and C₂₂. The ¹³C–NMR and infrared spectra of the most hydrophobic extract suggest that hydrophobicity is caused by molecules with extensive polymethylene chains. Calculations with model compounds indicate that at least a close packed monolayer is required before measurable hydrophobicity can be detected with the molarity of ethanol droplet penetration test.     

Field moisture characteristics of two fersiallitic soils in Zimbabwe

Abstract. Little is known about the in situ hydrological properties of Zimbabwean soils. This paper describes the water retention and transmission properties of two agriculturally important Zimbabwean fersiallitic soils measured in situ by the instantaneous profile method. The first soil, typical of those used by small scale farmers, is a deep coarse grained granitic sand. The second is a silty clay loam derived from mafic rocks, typical of the red clays associated with Zimbabwe's commercial farming areas. The K -θ functions for each layer of the sand were very similar and the profile could be described by a single function, with permeability increasing with depth. In contrast, the silty clay loam could not be described by a single function, as permeability decreased with depth. However, in both soils water movement became negligible below a matric potential of—0.01 MPa; this is thought to be a more appropriate field approximation of the upper limit of plant available water than—0.033 MPa which is often used for tropical soils.     

Microbial destruction of chitin in soils under different moisture conditions

The most favorable moisture conditions for the microbial destruction of chitin in soils are close to the total water capacity. The water content has the most pronounced effect on chitin destruction in soils in comparison with other studied substrates. It was found using gas-chromatographic and luminescent-microscopic methods that the maximum specific activity of the respiration of the chitinolytic community was at a rather low redox potential with the soil moisture close to the total water capacity. The range of moisture values under which the most intense microbial transformation of chitin occurred was wider in clayey and clay loamy soils as compared with sandy ones. The increase was observed due to the contribution of mycelial bacteria and actinomycetes in the chitinolytic complex as the soil moisture increased.     

斥水程度对脱水土壤水分特征曲线的影响

为研究斥水程度对土壤水分特征曲线的影响,该文基于滴水穿透时间法,人工配置7种斥水程度的黏壤土(L0~L6)和6种斥水程度的砂土(S0~S5),用高速离心机测定其土壤水分特征曲线,应用van Genuchten-Mualem(VG)模型进行拟合,得出VG模型水力参数。结果表明:在同一吸力条件下,斥水黏壤土的含水率比斥水砂土的高;随着斥水程度增加,在相同吸力情况下,土壤含水率随斥水程度增大而减小;斥水黏壤土的残余含水率随着斥水程度增加而减小,斥水砂土S0~S3的残余含水率没有差异,S4、S5的残余含水率显著减小;斥水黏壤土和砂土进气值的对数与斥水剂添加量呈负线性相关;随着斥水程度增加,田间持水率减小,凋萎系数没有明显差异,重力水增加,有效水和易有效水减小,易利用水比例随着斥水程度增加而减小;对于斥水黏壤土,微孔隙(0.3~5μm)和小孔隙(5~30μm)含量随着斥水程度的增加明显减小,土壤空隙(≥100μm)随着斥水程度的增加急剧增加;对于斥水砂土,中等孔隙(30~75μm)的含量随斥水程度的增加明显增加。该研究成果可为斥水土壤的入渗、蒸发和数值模拟提供理论支持。     

地膜覆盖对春季咸水灌溉条件下滨海盐渍土水盐动态的影响

在河北省沧州市海兴县选取耕层土壤初始含水量有较大差异的两个地块,于春季利用当地高矿化度咸水(10~15 g·L~(-1))进行灌溉和地膜覆盖,以探究地膜覆盖对春季咸水灌溉条件下滨海盐渍土水盐动态的影响。设不灌咸水不覆膜(对照,CK)、不灌咸水覆膜(PM)及3月29日和4月13日灌咸水不覆膜(SE、SL)、灌咸水后覆膜(SE+PM、SL+PM)6个处理探讨不同咸水灌溉和覆膜对土壤水盐动态的影响;另在耕层土壤含水量≥20%(海兴县小山乡)和20%(海兴县农场)两个地点分别设灌咸水后覆膜(SE+PM)和不灌咸水不覆膜(CK)处理,探讨初始土壤含水量对咸水灌溉下土壤水盐动态的影响。灌水量均为180 mm,灌溉咸水来自排水渠,矿化度分别为12.12 g·L~(-1)和11.53 g·L~(-1),咸水入渗后,播种油葵。结果表明:春季咸水灌溉后覆膜能有效降低耕层土壤盐分,并且该项措施实施的时间越早越好,脱盐深度和脱盐率均较深和较高,本研究中,脱盐效果最优的为SE+PM处理,该处理在油葵收获后0~5 cm脱盐率为58.93%,土壤含盐量由1.15%降至0.51%。此外,脱盐效果也受到土壤初始含水量的影响,耕层土壤含水量20%时,春季咸水灌溉覆膜处理对土壤盐分的淋洗效果较好,平均脱盐深度大于40 cm,保证了油葵正常生长,油葵出苗率和产量分别为73.9%和920 kg·hm~(-2),至油葵收获时,0~20 cm土层土壤含盐量由灌溉前的1.93%降低至0.32%,脱盐率达84.07%;而当耕层土壤含水量≥20%时,脱盐速度慢、深度浅,至油葵播种时,土壤盐分依然较高,导致油葵出苗率低,最终绝收。本研究通过利用春季高矿化度咸水灌溉和地膜覆盖措施,在春季干旱和土壤严重积盐条件下有效降低了耕层土壤盐分,为作物播种出苗提供适宜的土壤水分条件和低盐环境。     

再生水水质对斥水和亲水土壤水分特征曲线的影响

为探求再生水灌溉对斥水和亲水土壤水力特性的影响,该文选用有代表性的斥水黏壤土和亲水黏壤土、斥水砂土和亲水砂土,测定其在自来水、再生水和其他4种生活污水条件下的土壤水分特征曲线,采用主成分分析法得到不同水质综合指标,分析水质综合指标对不同土壤水分特征曲线的影响,采用van Genuchten-Mualem模型对黏壤土土-水曲线的参数进行拟合,并分析水质综合指标对黏壤土累积当量孔径分布、比水容量和水分常数的影响。结果表明:在相同基质吸力情况下,黏壤土含水率随水质综合指标增加(水质变差)而减小,砂土的含水率随水质变化不大;在低吸力段,斥水和亲水黏壤土的比水容量随水质综合指标的增加而增加;土壤进气值与水质综合指标呈显著负线性相关关系(R~2分别为0.94和0.78);相同水质条件下,斥水土壤的进气值比亲水土壤小;随着水质综合指标的增加,斥水和亲水黏壤土的极微孔隙降低,而中等孔隙和大孔隙增加,小于某当量孔径的累积百分比增加;随着水质综合指标的增加,斥水和亲水黏壤土的田间持水率、凋萎系数、有效水和易利用水比例均减小,但再生水对田间持水率和易利用水比例降低作用不显著。研究结果可为大面积再生水灌溉及其管理提供一定的理论依据。     

Sulfur compounds volatilized from soils at different moisture contents

Releases of volatile sulfur-containing compounds from a tidal marsh soil, an agricultural soil, and a forest soil at four moisture contents and under both aerobic and anaerobic conditions were measured. A dynamic, cryogenic collection procedure with subsequent separation and detection by glass-capillary gas chromatography was used. The largest emission fluxes, predominantly hydrogen sulfide and carbon disulfide, were from the tidal marsh soil samples dried to moisture contents typical of a well-drained aerobic soil. Smaller amounts of carbonyl sulfide, methyl mercaptan, dimethylsulfide, and dimethyldisulfide were also detected. The only significant S emissions from the agricultural soil were dimethylsulfide and carbon disulfide from water-saturated samples. No gaseous S compounds were detected from the forest soil.     

Nitrous oxide emission from soils at low moisture contents

The production of nitrous oxide by soils was studied over short periods at a range of moisture contents up to field capacity with a highly-sensitive gas Chromatographic method.Nitrous oxide (N₂O) was emitted from all soils studied at all soil moisture contents, which ranged from air dry to field capacity. The rate of emission increased with increasing moisture content and with increasing temperature up to 37°C.The evolution of N₂O was not due to displacement of soil air during wetting. It was inhibited by HgCl₂ and toluene, and was prevented by formaldehyde and autoclaving. Thus it appeared to be due to microbiological processes.The results of experiments with nitrification and denitrification inhibitors suggest that a considerable part of the N₂O was produced by the oxidation of ammonia. Production by denitrification of nitrate cannot be ruled out. The relative importance of these two mechanisms probably depends on the moisture and oxygen content of the soil.It is concluded that the microbial production of N₂O is continuous in soil at all moisture contents. The process at low moisture contents constitutes an important component in the cycle which maintains the N₂O concentration in the atmosphere.     

适宜水分和养分提高土壤中磺酸二甲嘧啶降解率

医疗和养殖过程中抗生素的广泛使用导致了土壤环境中抗生素的污染。为了解进入农田土壤中抗生素的降解规律,该文以养殖业广泛使用的磺胺二甲嘧啶和2种不同养分水平的土壤为试验材料,采用盆栽方法研究了肥料种类(有机肥、NPK肥、N肥、PK肥等)、耕作强度(翻耕、免耕)、水分条件(长期干燥、长期湿润、干湿交替、长期潮湿)及种植作物(种植蔬菜、不种蔬菜)对土壤中磺胺二甲嘧啶降解的影响。结果表明,与不施肥处理比较,施用有机肥、NPK肥、N肥可促进土壤中磺胺二甲嘧啶在土壤中的降解,并以施用有机肥的效果最为明显;但施用PK肥对土壤中磺胺二甲嘧啶的降解影响不明显。翻耕可促进土壤中磺胺二甲嘧啶的降解,干湿交替、长期湿润比长期干燥和长期潮湿土壤环境下更有利于磺胺二甲嘧啶的降解。种植蔬菜比不种蔬菜土壤的磺胺二甲嘧啶的降解率高,根际土壤中磺胺二甲嘧啶的降解高于总体土壤。高养分土壤中磺胺二甲嘧啶的降解一般高于低养分土壤。分析认为,施肥、土壤养分水平、种植蔬菜对土壤中磺胺二甲嘧啶的降解的影响可能主要与这些因素改变了土壤微生物活性有关;翻耕可促进土壤中抗生素的光降解强度。研究认为,施肥、耕作和水分管理可以在一定程度上加速土壤中磺胺二甲嘧啶的降解。     

Nitrous oxide production by fungi in soils under different moisture levels

The production of nitrous oxide (N₂O) by facultative anaerobic fungi from the Fusarium, Trichoderma, and Paecylomyces genera was detected. Representatives of the genus Mucorales did not produce N₂O. The formation of N₂O in sterile soddy-podzolic soil inoculated by Fusarium oxysporum and F. solani increased significantly with the rise of the soil water content from 16–20% (50–60% of the field water capacity) to 30% (the field water capacity) with maximum values reached at the water content of 50% (the total soil water capacity). The production of N₂O by fungi at the soil water content of 50% was often higher under microaerobic conditions than under anaerobic conditions created via substitution of argon for atmospheric air in the flasks. The activity of N₂O production by fungi in the soil increased by several times upon nitrite or nitrate amendments. The specific activity of N₂ O formation in the soil was 0.38 ± 0.15 nmol N₂O/(h per mg) of dry mycelium. It was significantly lower than the rate of N₂O formation by Fusarium oxysporum 11dn1 in the nitrite-containing media and close to the rate of N₂O formation by this fungus in the nitrate-containing media. A comparison of the rate of N₂O release by active strain Fusarium oxysporum 11dn1 inoculated into the sterile soil with the rate of denitrification processes in the nonsterile soil showed that the contribution of soil fungi to the total emission of gaseous nitrogen compounds from the soil may reach 8% under optimum conditions.     

Analysis of the distribution of moisture imbibition velocity in heavy-textured soils

A new method is suggested for the statistical processing of data on moisture imbibition into the soil (as the first stage of water infiltration) using the example of a leached medium-humus heavy-loamy chernozem of medium thickness with the conversion of the initial data into a lognormal distribution. The obtained statistical parameters are less variable than the initial values of the imbibition velocity measured in the field. The use of imbibition velocity logarithms revealed the maximum of this index at a depth of 43 cm confined to the AB horizon. In general, the imbibition velocity in different horizons is closely related to the heterogeneities of various origins caused by the conditions of the horizon formation.     

渭北旱塬区不同沟垄覆盖模式对春玉米土壤温度、水分及产量的影响

为提高旱作区降水利用率,改善作物的水分有效性,于2007-2010年在陕西合阳县旱农试验站,设置了垄上覆地膜,沟内分别覆普通地膜、生物降解膜、玉米秸秆、液体地膜和沟不覆盖5个不同沟垄覆盖栽培模式。以传统平作为对照,研究了不同沟垄覆盖栽培模式对春玉米田土壤温度、水分及产量的影响,并对其经济效益进行了比较分析。4a结果表明,沟覆普通地膜和沟覆生物降解膜处理玉米苗期5～25cm平均土壤温度分别较对照增高2.4和2.1℃;沟覆玉米秸秆处理较对照降低1.7℃。不同集雨处理均能显著改善玉米前期土壤水分,而后期沟覆玉米秸秆、沟覆液体地膜和和沟不覆盖处理0～200cm土层土壤贮水量与对照无差异,沟覆普通地膜和沟覆生物降解膜处理下层土壤贮水量低于其他处理。沟覆生物降解膜、沟覆普通地膜和沟覆玉米秸秆处理增产效果显著,4a平均产量分别较对照增产35.2%、34.7%和33.6%,平均水分利用效率提高30.6%、30.2%和28.6%。沟覆玉米秸秆处理净收入最高,生物降解膜次之,4a平均净收入分别较对照增加3299和2752元/hm2。因此,垄覆普通地膜沟覆秸秆和垄覆普通地膜沟覆生物降解膜处理在改善土壤水温效应的同时能显著增产增收,是渭北旱塬区春玉米的高效栽培模式。     

土壤大孔隙及其研究方法

  目的  土壤大孔隙是土壤水气迁移交换的主要通道,研究土壤大孔隙与水分入渗特征对探究水文连通时空变化强烈的山丘区坡地有重要意义,可为红壤丘陵区土地高效利用提供参考。  方法  研究通过电子计算机断层扫描技术和双水头渗透计法,定量研究了粤北红壤丘陵区不同土地利用方式土壤大孔隙与水分入渗特征。  结果  不同土地利用方式的土壤理化性质存在明显差异。林地为砂质黏壤土,园地为黏土,耕地为黏壤土,土壤容重随着土层深度的增加而变大,土壤有机质含量随土层深度的增加而减小。土壤大孔隙度、大孔隙总体积和总表面积表现为：林地 > 园地 > 耕地,大孔隙数量则表现为：园地 > 林地 > 耕地,随着土层深度的增加,土壤大孔隙度和大孔隙数量呈减少趋势;土壤大孔隙平均直径表现为：林地 > 耕地 > 园地,不同土地利用方式的土壤大孔隙直径都主要集中在0 ~ 3 mm。土壤大孔隙度与土壤容重呈显著负相关,与有机质和砂粒含量呈显著正相关性。土壤饱和导水率表现为：园地 > 林地 > 耕地,土壤饱和导水率除受容重影响外,还与有机质含量、大孔隙长度相关。  结论  不同土地利用方式会使大孔隙和饱和导水率等土壤理化性质产生显著差异。林地的大孔隙度和大孔隙总表面积最大,而园地的大孔隙数量和饱和导水率最大。     

Physical properties and moisture retention characteristics of some nigerian soils

Measurements were made of physical characteristics of 119 samples from 23 profiles derived from two parent materials in Nigeria. The laboratory analyses included texture, plasticity and shrinkage characteristics, and a range of soil moisture constants including saturation point and moisture retention at various suctions. Simple and multiple correlation coefficients and regression analyses were conducted to investigate the possibilities of obtaining estimates of soil moisture retention from the textural analysis. Clay and sand contents are correlated with various soil moisture constants. The textural analysis may therefore be used to estimate moisture holding capacity at different suctions for these and similar soils with a predominantly uniform clay mineralogy, dominated by kaolinite and sesquioxides. Moisture retention curves indicate that the “field capacity” for most of these soils is better estimated at 60 or 100 cm of water suction rather than at 0.3 bar. A plot of the pF curves indicated only slight differences between moisture retention at 2 or 3 bar suction and at 15 bar suction.     

土壤含水率和含盐量对盐渍土甲烷吸收能力的影响

甲烷（CH4）是一种强效温室气体,准确认识特定类型土壤CH4源汇特征及影响因子调控作用,对于提升土壤CH4吸收潜力以减缓全球气候变化具有重要意义。该研究以盐渍土为研究对象,在土壤室内培养试验中,设置了3个土壤含水率处理,分别为田间持水率（Field Capacity,FC）的50%（50%FC）,75% FC和100% FC,并在每个含水率下设置了6个含盐量处理,电导率分别为0.3、1.0、2.0、3.2、4.9和6.2 dS/m,研究不同土壤含水率和含盐量条件下盐渍土CH4吸收特征。在田间测坑试验中,观测了0.3、1.0和5.0 dS/m 3种含盐量土壤的CH4吸收特征及其对水分动态的响应。室内土壤培养试验结果表明,100%FC下6种盐分水平土壤CH4累积吸收量分别是75%FC下的1.08～1.39倍和50%FC的1.27～1.72倍,表明在田间持水率范围内,含水率升高促进了土壤CH4吸收;在3种含水率下,土壤CH4累积吸收量均随着处理含盐量升高而降低,6.2 dS/m最高含盐量处理的CH4累积吸收量相比0.3 dS/m最低含盐量处理显著降低了42.6%、52.3%和55.1%（P<0.05）;相比50%FC,100%FC含水率下高含盐量对土壤CH4吸收具有更强的抑制作用,土壤含水率和含盐量对CH4吸收的影响存在显著的交互作用。田间测坑试验在野外田间条件下进一步验证了室内培养试验的结果,试验观测期内所有含盐量处理土壤CH4吸收速率均与土壤含水率呈显著正相关关系（P<0.01）;1.0和5.0 dS/m含盐量处理的累积CH4吸收量分别为0.3 dS/m非盐渍土处理的82.6%和59.8%,高含盐量抑制了土壤对CH4的吸收。研究结果表明盐渍土是CH4的汇,并受到土壤含水率和含盐量显著影响,在盐渍土开发利用中应考虑通过合理的水盐调控以提高土壤CH4汇的能力。     

Influence of microbial activity and soil moisture on herbicide immobilization in soils

Mobility, extractability, and disappearance of the herbicides diuron, terbuthylazine, metolachlor, and pendimethalin were examined in incubation experiments with two topsoil samples of different natural microbial activity and after sterilization. Soil moisture was held constant at 10, 40, and 60 % WHC. In other variants, the soil water content was changed during the incubation. The four herbicides reveal a fairly different extent of microbial and chemical degradation and immobilization. The herbicide mobility – expressed by coefficients of partition between adsorbed and dissolved herbicide amounts – decreases at a lower rate and extent, when the microbial activity is low or the soil is sterile. With increasing initial soil moisture, also herbicide mobility and extractability increase; but in the course of time, abiotic immobilization occurs to a higher extent. When soil moisture changes during the incubation, formerly non‐extractable herbicide fractions (up to 40 % of the applied amounts) become extractable. Kinetics of herbicide immobilization follow an empirical sigmoidal function, which describes three periods of immobilization. The three‐period shape of the curve and its possible reasons are discussed for the data of the incubation experiments as well as for the results of a long‐term field trial with diuron.     

Three-dimensional visualization of preferential flow patterns in two soils

Visualization techniques are helpful in finding spatial relationships of parameters which are otherwise difficult to detect. In this study, visualization techniques were used to examine the basis of moisture distribution patterns in a clay soil and a water repellent sandy soil. In the clay soil, spatial distributions of moisture contents and macropore networks were investigated with computed tomography (CT) images. The macropore networks were determined from CT images from a dry soil core, and the moisture content patterns from CT images after which KI enriched water was applied. Soil moisture and bulk density were investigated and measured in a water repellent sandy soil by intensive sampling of an area 1.2 m long and 0.6 m wide. The measured parameters were visualized in three dimensions using IRIS Explorer on a SGI-Indigo and a SGI-Onyx computer. The 3D computer representations showed that there exists a strong correlation between the moisture content distribution and the geometrical structure of the macropore network for a clay soil. Moisture contents higher than 30% were mostly found inside the upper part of the macropore network and lateral branches of the macropore network were significant drier than the downwards directed branches. The visualizations of the water repellent sandy soil revealed several 10 to 20 cm wide “fingers” starting around 10 cm depth at locations with the highest bulk densities.