Articles | Volume 21, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-5181-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-5181-2017
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17 Oct 2017
Research article |  | 17 Oct 2017

Impacts of a capillary barrier on infiltration and subsurface stormflow in layered slope deposits monitored with 3-D ERT and hydrometric measurements

Rico Hübner, Thomas Günther, Katja Heller, Ursula Noell, and Arno Kleber

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In our study, we used a spatially and temporally high resolved 3-D ERT in addition to matric potential measurements to monitor the infiltration and subsurface water flow on a hillslope with layered slope deposits. We derived some interesting findings about the capillary barrier effect as a main driving factor for the activation of different flow pathways. Thus, the maintenance or breakdown of a capillary barrier has a decisive influence on the precipitation runoff response of of the catchment.