Two-dimensional finite elements model for boron management in agroforestry sites

dc.authoridBABA, ALPER/0000-0001-5307-3156
dc.authoridTAYFUR, GOKMEN/0000-0001-9712-4031
dc.contributor.authorTayfur, Gokmen
dc.contributor.authorTanji, Kenneth K.
dc.contributor.authorBaba, Alper
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-27T21:05:31Z
dc.date.available2025-01-27T21:05:31Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractAgroforesty systems, which are recommended as a management option to lower the shallow groundwater level and to reuse saline subsurface drainage waters from the tile-drained croplands in the drainage-impacted areas of Jan Joaquin Valley of California, have resulted in excessive boron buildup in the soil root zone. To assess the efficacy of the long-term impacts of soil boron buildup in agroforesty systems, a mathematical model was developed to simulate non-conservative boron transport. The developed dynamic two-dimensional finite element model simulates water flow and boron transport in saturated-unsaturated soil system, including boron sorption and boron uptake by root-water extraction processes. The simulation of two different observed field data sets by the developed model is satisfactory, with mean absolute error of 1.5 mg/L and relative error of 6.5%. Application of the model to three different soils shows that boron adsorption is higher in silt loam soil than that in sandy loam and clay loam soils. This result agrees with the laboratory experimental observations. The results of the sensitivity analysis indicate that boron uptake by root-water extraction process influences the boron concentration distribution along the root zone. Also, absorption coefficient and maximum adsorptive capacity of a soil for boron are found to be sensitive parameters.
dc.description.sponsorshipIzmir Institute of Technology [2001MUHYL12]
dc.description.sponsorshipWe thank Emin Yurekliturk for creating the FEMmesh ( Fig. 9) and some of the figures ( Figs. 1 and 2) and the financial support provided for him by the Izmir Institute of Technology, 2001MUHYL12.
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10661-008-0714-7
dc.identifier.endpage512
dc.identifier.issn0167-6369
dc.identifier.issn1573-2959
dc.identifier.issue1-4
dc.identifier.pmid19184495
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-74349130586
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2
dc.identifier.startpage501
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-008-0714-7
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/27685
dc.identifier.volume160
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000272615400043
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ3
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.relation.ispartofEnvironmental Monitoring and Assessment
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20250125
dc.subjectAgroforesty
dc.subjectBoron buildup
dc.subjectNumerical model
dc.subjectBoron sorption
dc.subjectBoron uptake
dc.titleTwo-dimensional finite elements model for boron management in agroforestry sites
dc.typeArticle

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