Soil Column Experimental Study on the Effect of Soil Structure Disturbance on Water Chemistry
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Mineral Composition Analysis
2.2. Soil and Groundwater in Natural Conditions
2.3. The Soil Column Experiment
2.4. Sample Analyses
3. Results
3.1. Mineral Composition of the Soil
3.2. SO4 in Soil and Groundwater under the Natural Conditions
3.3. The Soil Column Experiment
4. Discussion
4.1. SO4-Increasing Process in Effluent Water
4.2. Soil SO4-Containing Evaporites Dissolution Mechanism
4.3. Implications for Chemical Compositions
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Sample | Depth (m) | Quartz | Potassium Feldspar | Plagioclase | Calcite | Dolomite | Clay | Mineral Composition for Clay | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
S1 | 9.75–10 | 43.0 | 3.4 | 16.5 | 9.1 | 0 | 28.0 | Smectite | 0 |
Illite-smectite | 32 | ||||||||
Illite | 49 | ||||||||
Kaolinite | 5 | ||||||||
Chlorite | 14 | ||||||||
S2 | 29.5–30 | 44.7 | 2.9 | 11.8 | 13.6 | 0 | 27.0 | Smectite | 0 |
Illite-smectite | 20 | ||||||||
Illite | 60 | ||||||||
Kaolinite | 7 | ||||||||
Chlorite | 13 | ||||||||
S3 | 54.5–55 | 44.5 | 4.3 | 15.3 | 16.4 | 3.4 | 16.1 | Smectite | 0 |
Illite-smectite | 21 | ||||||||
Illite | 58 | ||||||||
Kaolinite | 9 | ||||||||
Chlorite | 12 |
Type | Sample No. | Time | Volume | SO4 | Cl | SO4/Cl | δ34S-SO4 | δ18O-SO4 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(h) | (L) | (mg/L) | (mg/L) | (‰) | (‰) | |||
Influent water | G0 | 40.1 | 6.8 | 5.5 | 1.2 | 7.2 | −2.3 | |
SO4-containing evaporites endmember | L0 | 14.1 | 9.1 | |||||
Effluent water | L1 | 9 | 0.98 | 96.6 | 11.2 | 8.6 | 14.2 | 5.9 |
L2 | 29 | 2.02 | 8.2 | 7.1 | 1.2 | 9.4 | 0.8 | |
L3 | 50 | 1.97 | 7.2 | 5.8 | 1.2 | 7.7 | −1.2 | |
L4 | 74 | 2.26 | 6.9 | 5.1 | 1.4 | 8.1 | −0.9 | |
L5 | 106 | 3.14 | 7.5 | 5.2 | 1.4 | 7.3 | −1.6 | |
L6 | 160 | 5.23 | 6.0 | 5.1 | 1.2 | 7.9 | −0.3 | |
L7 | 264 | 9.28 | 6.4 | 5.3 | 1.2 | 7.6 | −2.0 | |
L8 | 329 | 6.15 | 6.6 | 5.0 | 1.3 | 8.0 | −1.7 | |
L9 | 425 | 8.21 | 6.6 | 5.7 | 1.2 | 8.0 | −1.9 | |
Remaining water-extractable soil water | R1 | 8.9 | 3.6 | 2.5 | * | * |
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Long, Y.; Huang, T.; Zhang, F.; Zhao, Y. Soil Column Experimental Study on the Effect of Soil Structure Disturbance on Water Chemistry. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 15673. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192315673
Long Y, Huang T, Zhang F, Zhao Y. Soil Column Experimental Study on the Effect of Soil Structure Disturbance on Water Chemistry. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(23):15673. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192315673
Chicago/Turabian StyleLong, Yin, Tianming Huang, Fen Zhang, and Yajing Zhao. 2022. "Soil Column Experimental Study on the Effect of Soil Structure Disturbance on Water Chemistry" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 23: 15673. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192315673