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Spatial distribution of sediments and transfer properties in soils in a stormwater infiltration basin

  • SOILS, SEC 2 • GLOBAL CHANGE, ENVIRON RISK ASSESS, SUSTAINABLE LAND USE • RESEARCH ARTICLE
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Abstract

Purpose

The aim of our study was to characterise the heterogeneity of sediment distribution in a stormwater retention/infiltration basin (Pont de Cheviré, Nantes, France) and to determine the impact of this distribution on water transfer properties in the soil.

Materials and methods

Soil water retention curves and saturated hydraulic conductivity (K s) measurements were made at 11 points in the basin.

Results and discussion

A highly heterogeneous organic matter (OM) distribution ranging from 45 to 222 g kg−1 was observed in the surface layer (layer A), with a sediment thickness ranging from 5 to 26 cm. The sediment thickness of the underlying layer, primarily made up of sand (layer S), ranged from 7 to 32 g kg−1. We observed a significant influence of OM and fine mineral particles on the soil pore distribution and a negative correlation with the saturated hydraulic conductivity (values between 1.3e−5 and 7.2e−6 m s−1 in layer A and close to 3e−4 m s−1 in layer S).

Conclusions

This study allowed define the soil physical parameters that account for the clogging phenomenon in this infiltration basin. Nevertheless, this study raises questions as to the contribution of clay in the mineralogical sense on the one hand and OM dynamics on transfer properties and the clogging phenomenon on the other.

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Acknowledgements

This study was carried out within the EPHor research unit at Agrocampus Ouest, Centre of Angers. It was conducted within the framework of the regional Polesur Project from 2008 to 2011. The authors would like to thank all of the people who contributed to this work. First, special thanks are in order for the DIR Ouest who gave us permission to work at the Pont de Cheviré infiltration basin. Second, we would like to express our gratitude to Stevens Burgaud for data collection and processing, and to Claudie Mazzega, Yvette Barraud-Roussel and Sylviane Delepine-Bourgeois who were responsible for the laboratory measurements.

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  1. Agrocampus Ouest—Centre d’Angers, UR EPHOR, 2 rue Le Nôtre, 49045, Angers Cedex 1, France

    Patrice Cannavo, Laure Vidal-Beaudet & Sylvain Charpentier

  2. Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chaussées, Centre de Nantes, Route de la Bouaye, BP 4129, 44341, Bouguenais Cedex, France

    Béatrice Béchet & Laurent Lassabatère

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Cannavo, P., Vidal-Beaudet, L., Béchet, B. et al. Spatial distribution of sediments and transfer properties in soils in a stormwater infiltration basin. J Soils Sediments 10, 1499–1509 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-010-0258-7

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