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irrigation. Their solutions can be used to evaluate the impact of rainfall on subsurface FIGURE G-1 <br /> moisture conditions. The drainage of soil by gravity following infiltration of one <br /> centimeter of water for two soil types,sand and silt,is shown in Figure 1. The figure Soil or.ln.So cry..(Gordn•r at.1.,1570) <br /> demonstrates that these two soil types drain within approximately five days. <br /> Additionally,Sisson et al.(1980)derived a one-dimensional unsaturated flow equation au <br /> by assuming a unit gradient approximation. The estimation of the rate of drainage for a <br /> silty sand is shown in Figure 2. The figure shows that silty sand drains within about five g a.0 <br /> days,agreeing with the approximations by Gardner et al.(1970). ! <br /> REFERENCES a� 4 <br /> SILT `f <br /> Auer, L.H., N.D.Rosenberg,K.H.Birdsell,and E.M.Whitney. 1986. The Effects of <br /> Barometric Pumping on Contaminant Transport. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology,v. <br /> 24,p.145-166. SAND <br /> a ¢ • a m ': u <br /> Clements,W.E.,and M.Wilkening. 1974. Atmospheric Pressure Effects on 222Rn Ti-le•yal <br /> Transport across the Earth-Air Interface. Journal of Geophysical Research,v.79,n.33, „w ,< <br /> p.5025-5029. <br /> Eberling,B.,F.Larsen,S.Christensen,and D. Postma. 1998. Gas Transport in a Soil drainage curves where gravity predominates as derived from Gardner et al.(1970). <br /> ur <br /> sata <br /> Confined Unsaturated Zone during Atmospheric Pressure Cycles. Water Resources The figure denotes two scenarios,silt and sand,where the initial unsaturated hydraulic <br /> Research, nv. at a 2855-2862. conductivity within the infiltration zone is 1 centimeter per day and 1000 centimeters per <br /> p. day,respectively. An instantaneous infiltration of one centimeter is assumed in the <br /> Gardner,W.R.,D.Hillel,and Y.Benyamini. 1970. Post-Irrigation of Soil Water,1. evaluation. The figure demonstrates that drainage to asymptotic moisture conditions <br /> Redistribution. Water Resources Research,v.6,n.3, 851—861. occurs within about five days for these two soil types. <br /> Kienbusch,M.,and D.Ranum. 1986. Validation of Flux Chamber Emission ` <br /> ,�. NL,FIGURE G-2 <br /> Measurements on a Soil Surface. Draft Report to EPA-EMSL,Las Vegas,under EPA <br /> Contract No.68-02-3849,Work Assignment 69,June 1986. 0 .............._8o°.°ri _p'rvq_� �0°�"� 1°80t. <br /> Nilson,R.H., E.W.Peterson,K.H.Lie,N.R.Burkhard,and J.R.Hearst. 1991. zo <br /> Atmospheric Pumping:A Mechanism Causing Vertical Transport of Contaminated r +o <br /> Gases through Fractured Permeable Media. Journal of Geophysical Research,v.B13, *; 80 aLnswO -.. <br /> o <br /> p.21,933-21,948, ; _D25 <br /> so 5 <br /> Massmann,J.,and D.F.Farrier. 1992. Effects of Atmospheric Pressures on Gas R 10D -p <br /> Transport in the Vadose Zone. Water Resources Research,v.28,n.3,p.777-791. E '20 <br /> '1a <br /> Radian Corporation. 1984. Soil Gas Sampling Techniques of Chemicals for Exposure <br /> Assessment—Data Volume. Report to EPA-EMSL,Las Vegas under EPA Contract No. ' 0.10 0.20 a]a 0.+0 ow <br /> 68-02-3513,Work Assignment 32,March 1984. w�»w.aaoaa M+•,0 <br /> Sisson,J. B.,A.H.Ferguson,and T.Th.van Genuchten. Simple Method for Predicting <br /> Drainage from Field Plots. Soil Science Society of America Journal,v.44,p.1147— Soil drainage curves as derived from Sisson et al.(1980)where a unit gradient is <br /> 1152. assumed. The figure denotes one scenario,silty sand,where the initial unsaturated <br /> 12/10/2009 -91 - 12/10/2009 -92- <br />