Putting Plant at Light: Temporal of Plant and with a Light Transmission Technique for Linking Water and Root Observations to Soil–Plant Models

2021 ◽  
pp. 227-246
Author(s):  
Claude Doussan
2015 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 395-412 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.W.I. Brachman ◽  
A. Rentz ◽  
R.K. Rowe ◽  
W.A. Take

Field observations of downslope bentonite erosion from a geosynthetic clay liner (GCL) covered by only a black geomembrane are reported for a composite liner left exposed without a protective soil cover for much longer than recommended by the GCL manufacturer. A new nondestructive, light-transmission technique developed to investigate bentonite erosion features in the field is presented. A classification system is developed to describe the type of erosion features observed. Results from five field investigations at the Queen’s University Environmental Liner Test Site (QUELTS II) are reported to quantify the onset, progression, and severity of downslope erosion for one particular geotextile-encased, needle-punched GCL for exposure periods of between 7 weeks and 1.3 years. The first significant erosion feature (type “E”with bentonite loss narrower than 2.5 cm) was observed after 6 months of exposure. Irrecoverable erosion features (type “EE” with bentonite loss wider than 2.5 cm) were observed after 12 months of exposure. These findings highlight the need to follow the manufacturer’s recommendations for timely covering of a composite liner with soil following liner installation.


2021 ◽  
Vol 249 ◽  
pp. 09002
Author(s):  
Iván Colecchio ◽  
Natalia Arze ◽  
Georgina Flores ◽  
Ana Quijandria ◽  
Alejandro Boschan

The transport of a colouring solute, driven by the buoyant displacement of microscopic suspended particles, and in the absence of net flow, is studied experimentally in a Hele Shaw cell. Initially, a sharp interface between a transparent fluid without particles and an underlying coloured suspension is obtained. From this situation, the suspended particles rise, carrying the solute in the form of a fingering instability across the interface, where a light transmission technique is used to measure the local solute concentration. This one attains an asymptotic value that increases with the solid fraction ϕ of suspended particles, and decreases with the distance to the interface. The solute mass discharge also increases with ϕ, always being relatively small (< 3%). The onset and development of the instability as the mechanism driving the transport of the solute is discussed.


1979 ◽  
Vol 18 (11) ◽  
pp. 1763 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth L. Cashdollar ◽  
Calvin K. Lee ◽  
Joseph M. Singer

2013 ◽  
Vol 49 (97) ◽  
pp. 11415 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Yang ◽  
Qingfeng Zhai ◽  
Guijuan Li ◽  
Hong Jiang ◽  
Lei Han ◽  
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