Soil–aquifer phenomena affecting groundwater under vertisols: a review

D Kurtzman, S Baram, O Dahan - Hydrology and Earth System …, 2016 - hess.copernicus.org
Vertisols are cracking clayey soils that (i) usually form in alluvial lowlands where, normally,
groundwater pools into aquifers;(ii) have different types of voids (due to cracking), which …

Nitrate leaching from intensive organic farms to groundwater

O Dahan, A Babad, N Lazarovitch… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2014 - hess.copernicus.org
It is commonly presumed that organic agriculture causes only minimal environmental
pollution. In this study, we measured the quality of percolating water in the vadose zone …

Real-time detection of ammonium in soil pore water

R Yupiter, S Arnon, E Yeshno, I Visoly-Fisher… - npj Clean Water, 2023 - nature.com
The development of technologies for continuous measurement of nitrogen forms in the soil is
essential for optimizing the application of fertilizers in agriculture and preventing water …

Characterising deep vadose zone water movement and solute transport under typical irrigated cropland in the North China Plain

L Min, Y Shen, H Pei, B Jing - Hydrological Processes, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the dynamics and mechanisms of soil water movement and solute transport
is essential for accurately estimating recharge rates and evaluating the impacts of …

Desiccation-crack-induced salinization in deep clay sediment

S Baram, Z Ronen, D Kurtzman… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2013 - hess.copernicus.org
A study on water infiltration and solute transport in a clayey vadose zone underlying a dairy
farm waste source was conducted to assess the impact of desiccation cracks on subsurface …

Nitrogen fate and transport in a conventional onsite wastewater treatment system installed in a clay soil: Experimental results

JK Bradshaw, DE Radcliffe - Vadose Zone Journal, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Relationships between N transport and hydraulic function of onsite wastewater treatment
systems (OWTSs) in clay‐textured soils are largely unknown. The objectives of this study …

Maintaining intensive agriculture overlying aquifers using the threshold nitrate root‐uptake phenomenon

D Kurtzman, B Kanner, Y Levy, I Nitsan, A Bar‐Tal - 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Reducing nitrate leaching from agricultural land to aquifers has been a high priority concern
for more than a half century. This study presents theory and observations of a threshold …

Using the natural biodegradation potential of shallow soils for in-situ remediation of deep vadose zone and groundwater

L Avishai, H Siebner, O Dahan, Z Ronen - Journal of hazardous materials, 2017 - Elsevier
In this study, we examined the ability of top soil to degrade perchlorate from infiltrating
polluted groundwater under unsaturated conditions. Column experiments designed to …

Assessing the impact of dairy waste lagoons on groundwater quality using a spatial analysis of vadose zone and groundwater information in a coastal phreatic aquifer

S Baram, D Kurtzman, Z Ronen, A Peeters… - Journal of environmental …, 2014 - Elsevier
Dairy waste lagoons are considered to be point sources of groundwater contamination by
chloride (Cl−), different nitrogen-species and pathogens/microorganisms. The objective of …

Transport and degradation of perchlorate in deep vadose zone: implications from direct observations during bioremediation treatment

O Dahan, I Katz, L Avishai… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2017 - hess.copernicus.org
An in situ bioremediation experiment of a deep vadose zone (∼ 40 m) contaminated with a
high concentration of perchlorate (> 25 000 mg L− 1) was conducted through a full-scale …