Document Details


Title:
TENSION LYSIMETER STUDIES OF ION AND MOISTURE MOVEMENT IN GLACIAL TILL AND CORAL ATOLL SOILS ( REPRINTED FROM SOIL SCIENCE SOCIETY OF AMERICA PROCEEDINGS, VOL. 25, NO. 4, JULY-AUGUST 1961 )
Subject Terms:
CASTLE OPERATION; MEASURING METHODS; NITROGEN; ACTIVITY LEVELS; FALLOUT; REGIONAL ANALYSIS; WATER; DATA; ANTIMONY 125; GRAPHS; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; LEACHING; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; CALCIUM; CESIUM 137; SOILS
Document Location:
Location - DOE/NNSA NUCLEAR TESTING ARCHIVE Address - P.O. Box 98521 City - Las Vegas State - NV Zip - 89193-8521 Phone - (702)794-5106 Fax - (702)862-4240 Email - NTA@NV.DOE.GOV
Document Type:
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Publication Date:
1961 Aug 31
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0004
Accession Number:
NV0067538
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 26
OpenNet Modified Date:
2003 Sep 18
Description/Abstract:
THE ALUNDUM TENSION LYSIMETER ORIGINALLY DESCRIBED WAS MODIFIED TO ALL OW INSTALLATION IN SHALLOW SOILS AND TO FACILITATE COLLECTION OF THE L EACHATE. THE LYSIMETER PLATES WERE LOCATED AT VARIOUS DEPTHS IN TWO CO NTRASING SOIL TYPES TO STUDY THE ION CONTENT OF THE GRAVITATIONAL WATE R. IN ADDITION, THE INFLUENCE OF POTASSIUM (ADDED AS POTASSIUM CHLORID E) AND NITROGEN (ADDED AS AMMONIUM SULFATE) ON ION MOVEMENT IN THE SOI L WAS STUDIED. THE ION CONTENT OF THE GRAVITATIONAL WATER CHANGED MARK EDLY WITH SOIL TYPE, DEPTH, MONTH OF THE YEAR, AND DAILY WEATHER CONDI TIONS. POTASSIUM CHLORIDE AND AMMONIUM SULFATE SOIL ADDITIONS DISTINCT LY ALTERED ESTABLISHED SOIL DYNAMICS, INCREASING MOVEMENT OF OTHER SOI L ELEMENTS INCLUDING THE RADIONUCIDE CESIUM-137 FROM LOCAL FALLOUT IN 1954 ON RONGELAP ATOLL SOILS.


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