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@ARTICLE{Burkhardt:61724,
author = {Burkhardt, M. and Kasteel, R. and Vanderborght, J. and
Vereecken, H.},
title = {{F}ield study on colloid transport using fluorescent
microspheres},
journal = {European journal of soil science},
volume = {59},
issn = {1351-0754},
address = {Oxford [u.a.]},
publisher = {Wiley-Blackwell},
reportid = {PreJuSER-61724},
pages = {82 - 93},
year = {2008},
note = {Record converted from VDB: 12.11.2012},
abstract = {Understanding colloid movement through the vadose zone is
important, because colloids may facilitate transport of some
less mobile contaminants. Experimental evidence of colloid
transport in the vadose zone, especially at the field scale,
is rare. We developed and tested a method to detect and
quantify local concentrations of fluorescent microspheres
(MS) with a diameter of 1 μm in unsaturated soil based on
fluorescent microscopy. The detection limit was
400 × 106 MS kg−1 field-moist soil for an
automated counting method, and 20 × 103 MS kg−1
for manual counting. To test the method in the field, we
applied a 40-mm pulse with an input concentration of
14.6 × 109 MS litre−1 on two plots during
6 hours, together with bromide (Br−) and the food dye
Brilliant Blue (BB). The concentrations of MS were
determined on horizontal cross-sections by a randomly
distributed sampling scheme, either directly after
application or 90 days after application and a rainfall of
100 mm. Mass recoveries for the MS of 85 and $65\%$ were
acceptable in view of the field conditions. Even after
infiltration of particle-free water, the largest MS
concentrations were measured at the soil’s surface, which
pointed at physical retention mechanisms. An additional
selective sampling of hydrologically active preferential
flow pathways, guided by the dye infiltration patterns,
revealed that the MS were transported to similar depths as
BB, that is 0.80 m directly after irrigation and 1.7 m
after 90 days. This implies that also a small fraction of
the particulate tracers was rapidly transported to larger
depths, regardless of their physico-chemical properties.},
cin = {ICG-4 / JARA-ENERGY},
ddc = {630},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)VDB793 / $I:(DE-82)080011_20140620$},
pnm = {Terrestrische Umwelt},
pid = {G:(DE-Juel1)FUEK407},
shelfmark = {Soil Science},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000252320700009},
doi = {10.1111/j.1365-2389.2007.00989.x},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/61724},
}