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Abstract
Vadose water is subsurface water between the land surface and the saturated zone below the water table. The vadose (or unsaturated) zone includes soil water, which is immediately available to the biosphere. It acts as a controlling agent in the transmission of water and other substances between various components of the earth system: aquifers, land surface, bodies of water, atmosphere, and so on. As an accessible body of material near the earth's surface, the vadose zone is a focus of much human activity, including agriculture, mining, construction, and waste disposal. Thus, it is affected by anthropogenic modifications of its chemical and physical components. Modern hydrology must consider interactions not only among the natural constituents, but also with a wide variety of contaminants, including pesticides, fertilizers, irrigation wastewater, sewage, toxic chemicals, radioactive substances, bacteria, mine wastes, and organic liquids.
| Publication type | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Book Chapter |
| Title | Vadose water |
| DOI | 10.1016/B978-012370626-3.00014-4 |
| Year Published | 2009 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Elesvier |
| Contributing office(s) | WMA - Earth System Processes Division |
| Description | 12 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Book |
| Larger Work Subtype | Monograph |
| Larger Work Title | Encyclopedia of Inland Waters |
| First page | 766 |
| Last page | 777 |
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