Synergetic variations of active layer soil water and salt in a permafrost-affected meadow in the headwater area of the Yellow River,northeastern Qinghai-Tibet plateau  

作　　者：Qingfeng Wang Huijun Jin Ziqiang Yuan Chengsong Yang 

机构地区：[1]State Key Laboratory of Frozen Soil Engineering,Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources,Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS),320 Donggang West Road,Lanzhou,Gansu Province,730000,China [2]School of Civil Engineering,Northeast-China Observatory and Research-Station of Permafrost Geo-Environment(Ministry of Education),Institute of Cold-Regions Engineering and Environment,Northeast Forestry University,26 Hexing Road,Harbin,Heilongjiang Province,150040,China [3]State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-Ecosystem,Institute of Arid Agro-Ecology,School of Life Sciences,Lanzhou University,Lanzhou,Gansu,730000,China

出　　处：《International Soil and Water Conservation Research》2022年第2期284-292,共9页国际水土保持研究（英文）

基　　金：the Strategic Priority Research Pro-gram of Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.XDA20100103);Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.41971091).

摘　　要：The coupling effects and mechanisms of water,heat,and salt in frozen soils are considered to be one of the core scientific issues in frozen soil studies.This study was based on in situ observation data of active layer soil volumetric water content(VWC),temperature,and bulk electrical conductivity(EC)obtained at an alpine meadow site from October 2016 to November 2019.The site is located in the headwater area of the Yellow River(HAYR).We analyzed the synergetic variations of active layer soil VWC,temperature,and bulk EC during the freeze and thaw processes and discussed the underlying mechanisms.When the thaw process occurred from 10 to 80 cm depths,the VWC and bulk EC at a 10 cm depth showed syn-chronous high-frequency fluctuations and both increased linearly.The linear decreasing rate of the VWC(bulk EC)at an 80 cm depth in the freeze depths between 0 and 40 cm was 2(1.6e2.3)times that of the VWC(bulk EC)at an 80 cm depth in the freeze depths occurring 0e10 cm.As soil temperature decreased in the frozen layer,unfrozen water content(bulk EC)decreased nonlinearly along with the absolute value of soil temperature(|T|),following a power(logarithmic)function.This study provided data that partly elucidate the interactions among permafrost,meadow,and ecohydrological processes in the HAYR.Also,our results can be used as a scientific basis for decision making on the protection and restoration of alpine grasslands,as well as for soil salinization studies.

关 键 词：Freeze and thaw process Active layer Soil water Bulk electrical conductivity Yellow river 

分 类 号：S157[农业科学—土壤学]