Evaluating potential groundwater recharge in the unsteady state for deep-rooted afforestation in deep loess deposits
Evaluating potential groundwater recharge in the unsteady state for deep-rooted afforestation in deep loess deposits
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黄土深层深根造林非稳态地下水补给潜力评估
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159837
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发表时间:
2022
影响因子:
9.8
通讯作者:
Siddique Kadambot H.M.
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作者:
Chen Guangjie;Meng Tingfang;Wu Wenjie;Si Bingcheng;Li Min;Liu Boyang;Wu Shufang;Feng Hao;Siddique Kadambot H.M.
Groundwater recharge reduces due to high transpiration from shallow-rooted to deep-rooted afforestation. However, reaching a steady state in recharge process is challenging and no methods are available for assessing potential groundwater recharge under unsteady state. Hence, this study developed a new method to quantify groundwater recharge in the unsteady state by (1) calculating the water age (A2) at maximum root depth (D2) for deep-rooted afforestation using the chloride accumulative age method; (2) determining the soil depth (D1) corresponding toA2under shallow-rooted vegetation using the multi-year average pore water velocity multiplied byA2; (3) calculating the reduction in groundwater recharge (∆R) from shallow- to deep-rooted afforestation as the depth difference multiplied by the average water content betweenD1andD2, divided by stand age. The average groundwater recharge for deep-rooted afforestation is equal to the average annual groundwater recharge under shallow-rooted vegetation minus ∆R. Soil cores with >25 m soil profiles below four land-use types ofHippophae rhamnoidesLinn.(H. rhamnoides),Platycladus orientalis(L.)Franco(P. orientalis),Robinia pseudoacaciaL.(R. pseudoacacia), and grassland were collected to measure soil water content, root distribution, and chloride and tritium contents. The results revealed that: (1) maximum root depths were 11.0 ± 0.5, 20.2 ± 1.2, and 22.6 ± 0.8 m, with soil water deficits of 373.48, 823.65, and 1847.92 mm underH. rhamnoides,P. orientalis, andR. pseudoacacia, respectively; (2) groundwater recharge following land-use change has not reached a steady state; (3) an average annual groundwater recharge was 89.12 mm yr−1under grassland, amounting to 16 % of the average annual precipitation; deep-rooted afforestation did not significantly differ, with 83.55, 84.91, and 85.65 mm yr−1underH. rhamnoides,P. orientalis, andR. pseudoacacia, respectively. This study contributes to a rational assessment of groundwater resources under unsteady state during land-use change.