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ArticlePeerJ2021

Effects of different biomass materials as a salt-isolation layer on water and salt migration in coastal saline soil.

Mao Yang, Runya Yang, Yanni Li, Yinghua Pan, Junna Sun, Zhenhua Zhang

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Article in PeerJ, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mao Yang *School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Ludong University, Yantai, Shandong, China.
Runya Yang *School of Life Sciences, Ludong University, Yantai, Shandong, China.
Yanni LiSchool of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Ludong University, Yantai, Shandong, China.
Yinghua PanSchool of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Ludong University, Yantai, Shandong, China.
Junna SunSchool of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Ludong University, Yantai, Shandong, China.
Zhenhua ZhangSchool of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Ludong University, Yantai, Shandong, China.
Ludong University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of this study was to find a material suited for the prevention of evaporative water loss and salt accumulation in coastal saline soils. One-dimensional vertical water infiltration and phreatic evaporation experiments were conducted using a silty loam saline soil. A 3-cm-thick layer of corn straw, biochar, and peat was buried at the soil depth of 20 cm, and a 6-cm-thick layer of peat was also buried at the same soil depth for comparison. The presence of the biochar layer increased the upper soil water content, but its ability to inhibit salt accumulation was poor, leading to a high salt concentration in the surface soil. The 3-cm-thick straw and 6-cm-thick peat layers were most effective to inhibit salt accumulation, which reduced the upper soil salt concentration by 96% and 93%, respectively. However, the straw layer strongly inhibited phreatic evaporation and resulted in low water content in the upper soil layer. Compared with the straw layer, the peat layer increased the upper soil water content. Thus, burying a 6-cm-thick peat layer in the coastal saline soil is the optimal strategy to retain water in the upper soil layer and intercept salt in the deeper soil layer.

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Infiltration ratePhreatic evaporationSalt distributionSalt-isolationWater migration

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PMID34277156
PMCPMC8272462
OpenAlexW3179399521

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