Articles | Volume 2, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-2-631-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-2-631-2016
Review article
 | 
12 Dec 2016
Review article |  | 12 Dec 2016

Water in the critical zone: soil, water and life from profile to planet

M. J. Kirkby

Related authors

A history of TOPMODEL
Keith J. Beven, Mike J. Kirkby, Jim E. Freer, and Rob Lamb
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 25, 527–549, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-527-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-527-2021, 2021
Short summary
Insights into biogeochemical cycling from a soil evolution model and long-term chronosequences
M. O. Johnson, M. Gloor, M. J. Kirkby, and J. Lloyd
Biogeosciences, 11, 6873–6894, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-6873-2014,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-6873-2014, 2014
Short summary

Related subject area

Soils and water
Intensive agricultural management-induced subsurface accumulation of water-extractable colloidal P in a Vertisol
Shouhao Li, Shuiqing Chen, Shanshan Bai, Jinfang Tan, and Xiaoqian Jiang
SOIL, 10, 49–59, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-10-49-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-10-49-2024, 2024
Short summary
Perspectives on the misconception of levitating soil aggregates
Gina Garland, John Koestel, Alice Johannes, Olivier Heller, Sebastian Doetterl, Dani Or, and Thomas Keller
SOIL, 10, 23–31, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-10-23-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-10-23-2024, 2024
Short summary
Combining lime and organic amendments based on titratable alkalinity for efficient amelioration of acidic soils
Birhanu Iticha, Luke M. Mosley, and Petra Marschner
SOIL, 10, 33–47, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-10-33-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-10-33-2024, 2024
Short summary
Sequestering carbon in the subsoil benefits crop transpiration at the onset of drought
Maria Eliza Turek, Attila Nemes, and Annelie Holzkämper
SOIL, 9, 545–560, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-9-545-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-9-545-2023, 2023
Short summary
Pesticide transport through the vadose zone under sugarcane in the Wet Tropics, Australia
Rezaul Karim, Lucy Reading, Les Dawes, Ofer Dahan, and Glynis Orr
SOIL, 9, 381–398, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-9-381-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-9-381-2023, 2023
Short summary

Cited articles

Abrahams, A. D., Parsons, A. J., and Wainwright, J.: Resitstance to overland flow on semiarid grassland and shrubland hillslopes, J. Hydrol., 156, 431–446, https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-1694(94)90088-4, 1994.
Ali, G., Oswald, C. J., Spence, C., Cammeraat, E. L. H., McGuire, K. J., Meixner, T., and Reaney, S. M.: Towards a unified threshold-based hydrological theory: necessary components and recurring challenges, Hydrol. Process., 27, 313–318, https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.9560, 2013.
Anderson, R. S. and Anderson, S. P.: Geomorphology: the mechanics and chemistry of landscapes, Cambridge University Press, 651 pp., ISBN: 978052151978, 2010.
Anderson, S. P., Dietrich, W. E., and Brimhall, G. H.: Weathering profiles, mass-balance analysis, and rates of solute loss: Linkages between weathering and erosion in a small, steep catchment, Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 114, 1143–1158, 2002.
Anderson, S. P., von Blanckenburg, F., and White, A. F.: Physical and chemical controls on the critical zone, Elements, 3, 315–319, https://doi.org/10.2113/gselements.3.5.315, 2007.
Download
Short summary
The review paper surveys the state of the art with respect to water in the critical zone, taking a broad view that concentrates on the global range of natural soils, identifying some areas of currently active research.