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Water infiltration in the soil system Campus do Arenito in cidade gaucha county, northeastern Parana state

José Edézio Cunha, Maria Teresa de Nóbrega, Selma Simões de Castro

01/Oct/2008

Considering the importance of understanding the water status of pedological covers for studies of prevention and containment of erosive processes, this study was conducted on a slope with a pedological system composed of Red Latossol (Oxisol)/Red Argisol (Ultisol) derived from Caiuá sandstone, on an experimental farm of the Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Cidade Gaúcha, in Northwestern Paraná State. After a detailed morphologic description of the pedologic system, infiltration experiments were carried out in the main diagnostic horizons and the respective […]