Salinization owing to evaporation from bare-soil surfaces and its influences on the evaporation

• Published in: Journal of hydrology (Amsterdam) Vol. 178; no. 1-4; pp. 109 - 136
• Main Authors: Shimojimaa, Eiichi, Yoshioka, Ryuma, Tamagawa, Ichiro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 15.04.1996
• Subjects: calcium; calcium carbonate; calcium sulfate; chlorides; dune sand; equations; evaporation; glass; glass beads; inorganic ions; salinization; silica; silica sand; sodium; sodium chloride; sodium sulfate; solubility; sulfates; water vapor movement

To investigate the relationship between evaporation and salinization, the surfaces of three columns of uniform porous materials, desert dune sand, silica sand and glass beads, respectively, were exposed to a temperature-, humidity- and/or wind-speed-controlled ambient atmosphere. For the dune sand,...