Soil–aquifer phenomena affecting groundwater under vertisols: a review

Kurtzman, D.; Baram, S.; Dahan, O.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-1-2016

Articles | Volume 20, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-1-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-1-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 20, issue 1

Review article

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15 Jan 2016

Review article |

| 15 Jan 2016

Soil–aquifer phenomena affecting groundwater under vertisols: a review

D. Kurtzman, S. Baram, and O. Dahan

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RC C4520: 'posting review comments HESS-2015_339', Anonymous Referee #1, 30 Oct 2015
- AC C4911: 'Response to comments made by Anonymous Referee #1', Daniel Kurtzman, 17 Nov 2015
RC C4758: 'Review of "Soil-Aquifer Phenomena Affecting Groundwater under Vertisols: a Review" by D. Kurtzman, S. Baram, and O. Dahan', Anonymous Referee #2, 09 Nov 2015
- AC C5363: 'Response to comments made by Anonymous Referee #2', Daniel Kurtzman, 03 Dec 2015

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (11 Dec 2015) by Marnik Vanclooster

AR by Daniel Kurtzman on behalf of the Authors (13 Dec 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (15 Dec 2015) by Marnik Vanclooster

Short summary

Vertisols are cracking clayey, arable soils that often overlay groundwater reservoirs. The soil cracks enable flow that bypasses soil blocks, which results in both relatively fresh recharge of the underlying groundwater and contamination with reactive contaminants. These special phenomena, as well as unique mechanism of salinization after cultivation and relative resilience to contamination by nitrate typical to groundwater under vertisols, are reviewed in this study.