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Water transport and tracer mixing in volcanic ash soils at a tropical hillslope: A wet layered sloping sponge

Mosquera, Giovanny M.ORCIDiD
Crespo, Patricio
Breuer, LutzORCIDiD
Feyen, Jan
Windhorst, DavidORCIDiD
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.13733
Persistent URL: http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gldocs-11858/9497
Mosquera, Giovanny M.; Crespo, Patricio; Breuer, Lutz; Feyen, Jan; Windhorst, David, 2020: Water transport and tracer mixing in volcanic ash soils at a tropical hillslope: A wet layered sloping sponge. In: Hydrological Processes, Band 34, 9: 2032 - 2047, DOI: 10.1002/hyp.13733.
 
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Andosol soils formed in volcanic ash provide key hydrological services in montane environments. To unravel the subsurface water transport and tracer mixing in these soils we conducted a detailed characterization of soil properties and analyzed a 3-year data set of sub-hourly hydrometric and weekly stable isotope data collected at three locations along a steep hillslope. A weakly developed (52–61 cm depth), highly organic andic (Ah) horizon overlaying a mineral (C) horizon was identified, both showing relatively similar properties and subsurface flow dynamics along the hillslope. Soil moisture observations in the Ah horizon showed a fast responding (few hours) “rooted” layer to a depth of 15 cm, overlying a “perched” layer that remained near saturated year-round. The formation of the latter results from the high organic matter (33–42%) and clay (29–31%) content of the Ah horizon and an abrupt hydraulic conductivity reduction in this layer with respect to the rooted layer above. Isotopic signatures revealed that water resides within this soil horizon for short periods, both at the rooted (2 weeks) and perched (4 weeks) layer. A fast soil moisture reaction during rainfall events was also observed in the C horizon, with response times similar to those in the rooted layer. These results indicate that despite the perched layer, which helps sustain the water storage of the soil, a fast vertical mobilization of water through the entire soil profile occurs during rainfall events. The latter being the result of the fast transmissivity of hydraulic potentials through the porous matrix of the Andosols, as evidenced by the exponential shape of the water retention curves of the subsequent horizons. These findings demonstrate that the hydrological behavior of volcanic ash soils resembles that of a “layered sponge,” in which vertical flow paths dominate.
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Andosol/andisol
hillslope hydrology
soil moisture
stable isotopes
subsurface flow path
transit time
tropical alpine (Páramo)
vadose/unsaturated zone
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