Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/M/S/2001/00103
The influence of aggregate breakdown and surface crust development on subsurface pesticide transport in drained clay soil.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor C Heppell, Queen Mary University of London, Geography
- Grant held at:
- Queen Mary University of London, Geography
- Science Area:
- Freshwater
- Overall Classification:
- Freshwater
- ENRIs:
- Pollution and Waste
- Natural Resource Management
- Science Topics:
- Water Quality
- Pollution
- Hydrological Processes
- Soil science
- Abstract:
- The condition of the soil surface, to which pesticide is applied, is an important control on subsurface pesticide transport. Topsoil aggregates will progressively break down over the crop cycle, and this can result in the formation of a soil surface crust. This research aims to determine how surface crust development alters the physical location of pesticide within the topsoil structure, and the availability of pesticide at the soil surface for leaching. Through a combination of field observation and simulated rainfall experiments the project will investigate the effect of crust development on the hydrology of a drained clay soil, and on the subsequent transport of dissolved pesticide through macropores in the soil profile. In this way the project will improve our current understanding of the controls on subsurface pesticide transport in drained clay soil.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/M/S/2001/00103
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- New Investigators Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- New Investigators
This grant award has a total value of £46,109
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Staff | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs | Total - Equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £492 | £22,449 | £6,752 | £10,327 | £6,090 |
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