Prediction of saturated hydraulic conductivity of surface soil in sand–dune-and–meadow interlaced region of Horqin with pedo-transfer functions method
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    In a sand-dune-and-meadow interlaced region typical of Horqin, a total of 240 sampling sites were laid out, covering 9 different types of landforms, i.e., mobile sand dunes, semi-fixed sand dunes, fixed sand dunes, poplar woods in sand dune area, cultivated land in sand dune area, low coverage meadow, high coverage meadow, cultivated land in meadow area, and deserted land, for collection topsoil samples. Physicochemical properties, including the moisture content, dry bulk density, organic matter, and saturated hydraulic conductivity, of the soil samples were determined for analysis of variation of the properties with geomorphic type. These four kinds of pedo-transfer functions, that is Campbell, Cosby, Wosten et al, and Saxton et al, were chosen for use to predict saturated hydraulic conductivity of the surface soils in this region. Results show that the predicted values and the measured values differed quite sharply, with correlation coefficient being less than 0.3, so the precision of the prediction was far from satisfactory for use in this region. On such a basis, soil bulk density, organic matter content, saturated moisture content, average particle size, and particle size standard deviation were used as input variables in combination with principal component analysis and nonlinear regression analysis methods. In this way, new pedo-transfer functions were establishd for prediction of saturated hydraulic conductivity of the surface soil in this region. Results show that the correlation coefficient between predicted and measured values was increased up to 0.661, demonstrating that the new pedo-transfer functions can be applied to prediction of saturated hydraulic conductivity of the surface soil of Horqin sandy land.

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Sun Li, Liu Tingxi, Duan Limin, Jia Ke. Prediction of saturated hydraulic conductivity of surface soil in sand–dune-and–meadow interlaced region of Horqin with pedo-transfer functions method[J]. Acta Pedologica Sinica,2015,52(1):68-76.

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  • Received:January 06,2014
  • Revised:June 25,2014
  • Adopted:July 11,2014
  • Online: August 26,2014
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