The impact of landscape evolution on soil physics: evolution of soil physical and hydraulic properties along two chronosequences of proglacial moraines

Hartmann, Anne; Weiler, Markus; Blume, Theresa

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-3189-2020

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The impact of landscape evolution on soil physics: evolution of soil physical and hydraulic properties along two chronosequences of proglacial moraines

Anne Hartmann, Markus Weiler, and Theresa Blume

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Soil physical and hydraulic properties along two chronosequences of proglacial moraines A. Hartmann, M. Weiler, and T. Blume https://doi.org/10.5880/GFZ.4.4.2020.004

Short summary

Our analysis of soil physical and hydraulic properties across two soil chronosequences of 10 millennia in the Swiss Alps provides important observation of the evolution of soil hydraulic behavior. A strong co-evolution of soil physical and hydraulic properties was revealed by the observed change of fast-draining coarse-textured soils to slow-draining soils with a high water-holding capacity in correlation with a distinct change in structural properties and organic matter content.