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Theory and concepts on preferential flow

Preferential flow modeling

Preferential flow and pesticides/toxics

Preferential flow and trace metals

Preferential flow and manure, pathogens and nutrients

Development of soil water samplers to measure preferential flow of water and solutes

Others

 

Theory and concepts on preferential flow:

Andreini, M.S. and T.S. Steenhuis. 1990. Preferential Paths of Flow under Conventional and Conservation Tillage. Geoderma 46:85-102. Download as PDF (856 KB).

Bauters, T.W.J., D.A. DiCarlo, T.S. Steenhuis, and J.-Y. Parlange. 1998. Preferential Flow in Water Repellent Sands. Soil Sci. Soc.Am. J. 62:1185-1190. Abstract I Text HTML

Baveye, P., C.W. Boast, S. Ogawa, J.-Y. Parlange, and T.S. Steenhuis. 1998. Influence of Image Resolution and Thresholding on the Apparent Mass Fractal Characteristics of Preferential FlowPatterns in Field Soils. Water Resources Res. 34:2783-2796. Abstract I Download as PDF (1190 KB).

DiCarlo, D.A., T.W.J. Bauters, C.J.G. Darnault, T.S. Steenhuis, and J.-Y. Parlange. 1999. Lateral Expansion of Preferential Flow Paths in Sands. Water Resources Res. 35:427-434. Abstract I Text HTML I Download as PDF (148 KB).

Glass, R.J., G.H. Oosting, and T.S. Steenhuis. 1989. Preferential Solute Transport in Layered Homogeneous Sands as a Consequence of Wetting Front Instability. J. of Hydrology 110:87-105.

Glass, R.J., T.S. Steenhuis, and J.-Y. Parlange. 1989. Mechanism for Finger Persistence in Homogeneous, Unsaturated, Porous Media: Theory and Verification. Soil Science 148(1):60-70.

Glass, R.J., S. Cann, J. King, N. Bailey, J.-Y. Parlange, and T.S. Steenhuis. 1990. Wetting Front Instability in Unsaturated Porous Media: A Three-Dimensional Study in Initially Dry Sand. Transport in Porous Media J. 5:247-268.

Glass, R.J., J.-Y. Parlange, and T.S. Steenhuis. 1991. Immiscible Displacement in Porous Media: Stability Analysis of Three-Dimensional, Axisymmetric Disturbances with Application to Gravity-Driven Wetting Front Instability. Wat. Resources Res. 27(8):1947-1956. Abstract I Download as PDF (896 KB).

Liu, Y., J.-Y. Parlange, and T.S. Steenhuis. 1995. A Soil Water Hysteresis Model for Fingered Flow Data. Wat. Resources Res. 31(9):2263-2266. Abstract I Download as PDF (420 KB).

Liu, Y., T.S. Steenhuis, and J.-Y. Parlange. 1994. Formation and Persistence of Fingered Flow Fields in Coarse Grained Soils under Different Moisture Contents. J. of Hydrology 159:187-195. Download as PDF (376 KB).

Ogawa, S., P. Baveye, C.W. Boast, J.-Y. Parlange, and T.S. Steenhuis. 1999. Surface Fractal Characteristics of Preferential Flow Patterns in Field Soils: Evaluation and Effect of Image Processing. Geoderma 88:109-136. Abstract I Download as PDF (1.4 MB)

Parlange, J.-Y., T.S. Steenhuis, and R.J. Glass. 1990. Application of Scaling to the Analysis of Unstable Flow Phenomena. Chapter 5, In: Scaling in Soil Physics: Principles and Applications, D. Hillel and D.E. Elrick, Eds. Soil Science Society of America Special Publication No. 25:53-57.

Selker, J.S., P. Leclerq, J.-Y. Parlange, and T.S. Steenhuis. 1992. Fingered Flow in Two Dimensions. Part 1. Measurement of Matric Potential. Wat. Resources Res. 28(9):2513-2521. Download as PDF (749 KB).

Selker, J.S., J.-Y. Parlange, and T.S. Steenhuis. 1992. Fingered Flow in Two Dimensions. Part 2. Predicting Finger Moisture Profile. Wat. Resources Res. 28(9):2523-2528. Download as PDF (471 KB).

Selker, J.S., T.S. Steenhuis, and J.-Y. Parlange. 1992. Wetting Front Instability in Homogeneous Sandy Soils Under Continuous Infiltration. Soil Sci. Soc. of Am. J. 56(5):1346-1350. Download as PDF (449 KB).

Walter, M.T., J.-S. Kim, T.S. Steenhuis, J.-Y. Parlange, A.Heiilig, R.D. Braddock, J.S. Selker, and J.Boll, 2000. Funneled flow mechanisms in a sloping layered soil: Laboratory investigation, 2000. Wat. Resources Res. 36(4):841-849. Text HTML I Download as PDF

Germann, P. and K. Beven. 1981. Water flow in soil macropores. I. An experimental approach. J. of Soil Sci. 32:1-13.

K. Beven and P. Germann. 1981. Water flow in soil macropores. II. A combined flow model. J. of Soil Sci. 32:15-29.

P. Germann and K. Beven. 1981. Water flow in soil macropores. III. A statistical approach. J. of Soil Sci. 32:31-39.

K. Beven and P. Germann. 1982. Macropores and water flow in soils. Water Resour. Res. 18(5):1311-1325.

Germann, P., and L. Di Pietro. 1996. When is porous media flow preferential? A hydromechanical perspective. Geoderma 74:1-21.

Germann, P. (1985): Kinematic wave approach to infiltration and drainage into and from soil macropores. Transactions of the Am. Soc. Agric. Engineers 28(3):745-749.

Germann, P., and K. Beven. 1985. Kinematic wave approximation to infiltration into soils with sorbing macropores. Water Resour. Res. 21(7):990-996.

Germann, P. and K. Beven. 1986. A distribution function approach to water flow in soil macropores based on kinematic wave theory. J. of Hydrol. 83(1/2):173-183.

Germann, P. 1986. Rapid drainage response to precipitation. J. of Hydrological Processes 1:3-13.

Germann, P.F. 1987. The three modes of water flow through a vertical pipe. Soil Science 144(2):153-154.

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Preferential flow modeling:

Rimmer, A., T.S. Steenhuis, and J.S. Selker. 1995. One-Dimensional Model to Evaluate the Performance of Wick Samplers in Soils. Soil Sci. Soc. of Am. J. 59(1):88-92. Download as PDF (552 KB).

Rimmer, A., D.A. DiCarlo, T.S. Steenhuis, B. Bierck, D. Durnford, and J.-Y. Parlange. 1998. Rapid Fluid Content Measurement Method for Fingered Flow in an Oil-Water-Sand System Using Synchrotron X-Rays. J. of Contaminant Hydrology 31(3-4):315-335. Abstract I Download as PDF (436 KB)

Ritsema, C.J., J.C. van Dam, J.L. Nieber, L.W. Dekker, K. Oostindie, and T. Steenhuis. Preferential Flow in Water Repellent Sandy Soils: Principles and Modeling Approaches. In Proceeding of the 2nd ASAE International Symposium on Preferential Flow: Water movement and chemical transport in the environment. Honolulu, HI. January 3-5, 2001. Abstract I Download as PDF (858 KB).

Ritsema, J.C., L.W.Dekker, J.L.Nieber, and T.S.Steenhuis. 1998. Modelling and field evidence of finger formation and finger recurrence in a water repellent sandy soil. Water Resources Research 34(4):555-567. Download as PDF (126 KB).

Shalit, G. and T.S. Steenhuis. 1996. A Simple Mixing Layer Model Predicting Solute Flow to Drainage Lines under Preferential Flow. J. of Hydrology 183:139-149. Abstract I Download as PDF (677 KB)

Stagnitti, F., Ling Li, A. Barry, G. Allinson, J.-Y. Parlange, T. Steenhuis, and E. Lakshmanan. 2001. Modelling Solute Transport in Structured Soils: Performance Evaluation of the ADR and TRM Models. Mathematical and Computer Modelling 34: 433-440. Abstract I Download as PDF (449 KB).

Steenhuis, T.S., J.-Y. Parlange, and M.S. Andreini. 1990. A Numerical Model for Preferential Solute Movement in Structured Soils. Geoderma 46:193-208.

Steenhuis, T. S., Boll, J., Shalit, G., Selker, J. S., & Merwin, I. A. (1994). A simple equation for predicting preferential flow solute concentrations. Journal of Environmental Quality, 23(5), 1058 - 1064. Download as PDF (656 KB).

Steenhuis, T.S., J.-Y. Parlange, and S.A. Aburime. 1995. Preferential Flow in Structured and Sandy Soils: Consequences for Modeling and Monitoring. Chapter 5, In: Handbook of Vadose Zone Characterization and Monitoring, L. Everett, S. Cullen, and L. Wilson, Eds. Lewis Publishers, Ann Arbor, MI. pp. 61-77.

Steenhuis, T.S., M. Bodnar, L.D. Geohring, S-A.E. Aburime, and R. Wallach. 1997. A Simple Model for Predicting Solute Concentration in Agricultural Tile Lines Shortly After Application. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 4:823-833. Download as PDF (826 KB).

Wallach, R. and T.S. Steenhuis. 1998. Model for Nonreactive Solute Transport in Structured Soils with Continuous Preferential Flow Paths. Soil Sci. Soc. of Am. J. 62:881-886. Abstract I Download as PDF (552 KB).

Wallach, R., T.S. Steenhuis, and J.-Y. Parlange. 1998. Modeling the Movement of Water and Solute Through Preferential Flow Paths. Chapter 7, In: The Handbook of Groundwater Engineering, J. Delleur, Ed. CRC Press. pp. 7-1 - 7-21.

Stagnitti, F., G. Allinson, M. Morita, M. Nishikawa, H. Il and T. Hiratac. 2000. Temporal moments analysis of preferential solute transport in soils. Modeling and Assessment 5: 229–236.

Stagnitti, F., L. Li, G. Allinson, I. Phillips, D. Lockington, A. Zeiliguer, M. Allinson, J. Lloyd-Smith, and M. Xie. 1999. A mathematical model for estimating the extent of solute- and water-flux heterogeneity in multiple sample percolation experiments. Journal of Hydrology 215:59–69. Download as PDF (236 KB)

Wagenet, R.J. and P.F. Germann. 1990. Concepts and models of water flow in macropore soils. In: C.R. Frink (ed.) Ground Water in the Northeast, pp. 8-20, Bulletin 876, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven (E-15235-2-88).

Germann, P.F. (1991): Length scales of convection-dispersion approaches to flow and transport in porous media. J. of Contamiant Hydrology 7:39-49.

Germann, P.F., and L. Di Pietro. 1999. Scales and dimensions of momentum dissipation during flow in soils. Water Resour. Res. 35(5):1443-145.

Di Pietro, L. and P. Germann. 2001. Testing kinematic wave solutions for flow in macroporous sils against lattice-gas simulation. p.147-168 In: Selim, H.M. and D. L. Sparks (eds.) Physical and Chemical Processes of Water and Solute Transport/Retention in Soils. Soil Science Society of America Special Publication Number 56, 280 p.

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Preferential flow and pesticides/toxics:

Pivetz, B.E., J.W. Kelsey, T.S. Steenhuis, and M. Alexander. 1996. A Procedure to Calculate Biodegradation During Preferential Flow Through Heterogeneous Soil Columns. Soil Sci.Soc. Am. J. 60(2):381-388. Download as PDF (716 KB).

Pivetz, B.E. and T.S. Steenhuis. 1995. Soil Matrix and Macropore Biodegradation of 2,4-D. J. of Environ. Qual. 24(4):564-570. Download as PDF (532 PDF).

Rothstein, E., T.S. Steenhuis, J.H. Peverly, and L.D. Geohring. 1996. Atrazine Fate on a Tile Drained Field in Northern New York: A Case Study. Agricultural Water Management 31:195-203. Download as PDF(358 KB)

Steenhuis, T.S., W. Staubitz, M. Andreini, J. Surface, T.L. Richard, R. Paulsen, N.B. Pickering, J.R. Hagerman, and L.D. Geohring. 1990. Preferential Movement of Pesticides and Tracers in Agricultural Soils. ASCE Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering 116(1):50-66. Abstract

Steenhuis, T.S., R. Wells, L.D. Geohring, R. Wallach, and K.-J.S. Kung. 1998. Predicting Fast Transport of Agri-Chemicals in Agricultural Tile Lines in Heterogeneous Field Soils. In: Brown, L.C. (Ed.), Drainage in the 21st Century: Food Production and the Environment, Amer. Soc. of Ag. Eng., St. Joseph, MI. pp. 544-550.

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Preferential flow and trace metals:

Camobreco, V.J., B.K. Richards, T.S. Steenhuis, J.H. Peverly, and M.B. McBride. 1996. Movement of Heavy Metals Through Undisturbed and Homogenized Soil Columns. Soil Science 161(11):740-750.

McBride, M.B., B.K. Richards, T.S. Steenhuis, J.J. Russo, and S. Sauve. 1997. Mobility and Solubility of Toxic Metals and Nutrients in Soil Fifteen Years After Sludge Application. Soil Science 162(7):487-500.

McBride, M.B., B.K. Richards, T.S. Steenhuis, G. Spiers. 1999. Long-Term Leaching of Trace Elements in a Heavily Sludge-Amended Silty Clay Loam Soil. Soil Science 164:613-623.

Richards, B.K., T.S. Steenhuis, J.H. Peverly, and M.B. McBride. 1998. Metal Mobility at an Old, Heavily-Loaded Sludge Application Site. Environmental Pollution 99(3):365-377. Abstract I Download as PDF (1 MB)

Richards, B. K., T. S. Steenhuis, J. H. Peverly and M. B. McBride. 2000. Effect of Sludge Processing Mode, Soil Texture and Soil pH on Metal Mobility in Undisturbed Soil Columns Under Accelerated Loading. Environmental Pollution 109:327-346. Abstract I Download as PDF (931 KB)

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Preferential flow and manure, pathogens and nutrients:

Geohring, L.D., P.E. Wright, T.S. Steenhuis, and M.F. Walter. 1999. Fecal Coliforms in Tile Drainage Effluent. ASAE Paper 99-2203. Amer. Soc. of Ag. Eng., St. Joseph, MI. 20 pp.

Geohring, L.D., P.E. Wright, T.S. Steenhuis, and M.F. Walter. 1999. Subsurface Drain Water Quality Impacts from Manure Applications. NABEC Paper No. 9905, Presented at NE Agricultural/Biological Engineering Conference, Lancaster, PA. 18 pp.

Geohring, L.D., P.E. Wright, and T.S. Steenhuis. 1998. Preferential Flow of Liquid Manure to Subsurface Drains. In: Brown, L.C. (Ed.), Drainage in the 21st Century: Food Production and the Environment, Amer. Soc. of Ag. Eng., St. Joseph, MI. pp.1-8. Text HTML I Download as PDF (429 KB).

Geohring, L.D., P.E. Wright, and T.S. Steenhuis. 1998. Preferential Flow of Liquid Manure to Subsurface Drains. In: Manure Management in Harmony with the Environment and Society, SWCS, Ames, IA. pp. 392-395.

Scott, C.A., L.D. Geohring, and M.F. Walter. 1998. Water Quality Impacts of Tile Drains in Shallow, Sloping, Structured Soils as Affected by Manure Application, Applied Engineering in Agriculture Jour. 14(6):599-603.

Geohring, L.D., O.V. McHugh, M.T. Walter, T.S. Steenhuis, M.S. Akhtar, and M.F. Walter. Phosphorus Transport into Subsurface Drains by Macropores after Manure Applications: Implications for Best Manure Management Practices. Soil Science 166(12):896-909. Text HTML

Allinson, G., F. Stagnitti, S. A. Salzman, K. J. Dover, J. P. Venner, and L. A. Thwaites. 2000. Behavior of “Organic” and “Synthetic” Fertilizer Nutrients When Applied to Irrigated, Unsaturated Soil. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 64:644-650.

Akthar, M.S., B.K.Richards, P.A.Medrano, M. deGroot, and T.S.Steenhuis. 2003. Dissolved Phosphorus Losses from Undisturbed Soil Cores: Related to Adsorption Strenth, Flow Rate, or Soil Structure? Soil Science of America Journal 67:458-470. Download as PDF (489 KB).

Germann, P.F., M.S. Smith, and G.W. Thomas.1987. Kinematic wave approximation to the transport of Escherichia coli. Water Resour. Res. 23(7):1281-1288.

Germann, P., A. Mdaghri Alaoui, and D. Riesen. 2002. Drag-force approach to colloid transport in unsaturated soils. Water Res. Resour. 38 (10):1200.

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Development of soil water samplers to measure preferential flow of water and solutes:

Boll, J., T.S. Steenhuis, and J.S. Selker. 1992. Fiberglass Wicks for Sampling Water and Solutes in the Vadose Zone. Soil Sci. Soc.Am. J. 56(3):701-707. Abstract I Download as PDF (562 KB).

Boll, J., J.S. Selker, G. Shalit, and T.S. Steenhuis. 1997. Frequency Distribution of Water and Solute Transport Properties Derived from Pan Sampler Data. Water Resources Res. 33(12):2655-2664. Abstract I Download as PDF (258 KB).

Rimmer, A., T.S. Steenhuis, J.S. Selker, and G.J. Albrecht. 1995. Wick Samplers: An Evaluation of Solute Travel Times. Soil Science 159(4):235-243. Abstract I Donwload as PDF (567 KB).

Steenhuis, T.S., J. Boll, E. Jolles, and J. Selker. 1995. Field Evaluation of Wick and Gravity Pan Samplers. Chapter 34, In: Handbook of Vadose Zone Characterization & Monitoring, L. Everett, S. Cullen, and L. Wilson, Eds. Lewis Publishers, Ann Arbor, MI. pp. 629-638.

Akhtar, M. S., T. S. Steenhuis, B. K. Richards, and M. B. McBride. 2003. Chloride and lithium transport in large arrays of undisturbed silt loam and sandy loam soil columns. In press, Vadose Zone Journal.

de Rooij, G.H. and F.Stagnitti. 2002. Spatial and temporal distribution of solute leaching in heterogeneous soils: analysis and application to multisampler lysimeter data. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology 54:329– 346. Donwload as PDF (336 KB)

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Others

Germann, P.F., L. Di Pietro, and V.P. SIngh. 1997. Momentum of flow in soils assessed with TDR-moisture readings. Geoderma 80:153-168.

Mdaghri Alaoui, A., P.F. Germann, L. Lichner, and W. Nova. 1997. Preferential transport of water and 131 Iodide in a clay loam assessed with TDR- and kinematic wave techniques and boundary-layer flow theory. Hydrology and Earth Systems Science 4: 813-822.

Mdaghri-Alaouia, A., and P.F. Germann. 1988. Kinematic wave approach to drainage flow and moisture distribution in a structured soil. Hydrological Sciences - Journal - des Sciences Hydrologiques 43(4):561-578.

Germann, P.F. and Th. Niggli. 1998. Dissipation of momentum during flow in soils. Hydrological Sciences - Journal - des Sciences Hydrologiques 43(4): 537-548.

Germann, P.F., E. Jaggi, and T. Niggli. 2002. Rate, kinetic energy and momentum of preferential flow estimated from in-situ water content measurements. Europ J. Soil Sci. 53 (4):607-618.

Germann, P.F. 1988. Infiltration into macroporous soils. In: Yu-Si Fok (ed.), pp. 77-85: Infiltration - Principles and Practices, Post-Conference Proceedings, Internat. Conf. on Infiltration Development and Application, Water Resources Research Center, Univ. of Hawaii Honolulu, HI, 571 p

Beven, K., G. Hornberger, and P. Germann. 1989. Hillslope hydrology: a multiple interachting pathways model. Proc. British Hydrological Society, National Symposium, Wallingford UK, p.1.1-1.8.

Hornberger, G.M., K. J. Beven, and P.F. Germann. 1990. Inferences about solute transport in macroporous forest soils from time series models. GEODERMA 46(1-3):249-262.

P.F. Germann. 1990. Preferential flow and the generation of runoff I. Boundary-layer flow theory. Water Resour. Res. 26(12):3055-3063.

Hornberger, G.M., P.F. Germann, and K.J. Beven. 1990. Throughflow and solute transport in an isolated sloping soil block in a forested catchment. J. Hydrol. 124(1-2):81-100.

P.F. Germann. 1990. Macropores and hydrologic hillslope processes. In: Anderson, M.G., and T.P. Burt (eds.) Process Studies in Hillslope Hydrology, pp. 327-363; John Wiley and Sons.

P. Germann. 2001. A hydromechanical approach to Preferential Flow. Chapter 10, p. 233-260, in: M. G. Anderson and P. D. Bates (eds.) Model Validation - Perspectives in Hydrological Sciences. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Chichester, 500 p.