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Exploring mechanisms that drive the development of reversible soil hydrophobicity

Creator:

Woolverton, Priscilla B.

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This study focuses on one widespread characteristic of poor soil quality: hydrophobic soil. Previous research has produced conclusive evidence to show that soil hydrophobicity is affected by soil organic matter (SOM) and soil water content (WC). Hydrophobicity that responds to changes in WC is a unique form of surface hydrophobicity...

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Masters Thesis

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approved: Maria I. Dragila Markus Kleber This study focuses on one
Ecohydrological mediation of water budget partitioning and time scales of subsurface flow in a seasonally semi-arid grassland

Creator:

Pangle, Luke A.

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Understanding how the interactions and feedbacks between plant function, climate, and soils ultimately affects the terrestrial water balance and subsurface flow processes is major challenge in scientific hydrology. This dissertation summarizes the findings of a manipulative climate warming experiment, an observational field study that utilized stable-isotope tracers, and associated modeling...

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Dissertation

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effectively. Thanks, Jillian. I thank my other committee members, Maria Dragila, Renee Brooks, and Jay
Characterization of hydrologic parameters and processes in shrink-swell clay soils

Creator:

Stewart, Ryan D.

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Vertisols and other vertic-intergrade soils are found all over the globe, including many agricultural and urban areas. These soils are characterized by their cyclical shrinking and swelling behaviors, where bulk density and porosity distribution both vary as functions of time and/or soil moisture. In turn, alterations in physical soil parameters...

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Dissertation

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like to thank my minor advisor, Dr. Maria Dragila, for giving great feedback and encouragement