ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Experimental Investigation of Water Migration
Characteristics for Saline Soil
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College of Construction Engineering, Jilin University
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Water Conservancy and Hydropower Survey and Design Institute of Jilin Province, Changchun
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School of Geomatics& Prospecting Engineering, Jilin Jianzhu University
Submission date: 2017-09-25
Final revision date: 2018-02-25
Acceptance date: 2018-02-28
Online publication date: 2018-11-09
Publication date: 2019-01-28
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Qing Wang
College of Construction Engineering, Jilin University, 938 Ximinzhu Street, Changchun, Jilin, China, 130026 Changchun, China
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2019;28(3):1495-1505
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ABSTRACT
Soil in western Jilin, China has the properties of a saline soil, seasonal frozen soil, and a dispersive
soil, in which the freezing process can induce many engineering and environmental problems, including
soil secondary salinization and frost heave. During the freezing process, water, heat, stress, and even
solute interact with each other. Water migration plays an important role in this process. In this paper,
a sampling point in Nong’an, western Jilin was selected for soil collection and experimental tests.
The experiment included two tests: the capillary water test and a water migration test subjected
to freezing. The results showed that the height of capillary water is low, while the water migrates
obviously after the process of freezing in different conditions. The results indicate that the bound water
film hinders the capillary pores, which can impair the matric potential. During the freezing process,
the temperature potential and gravitational potential can drive the water to migrate through the bound
water film. For the soil in western Jilin, temperature potential plays a decisive role in water migration,
but gravitational potential and matric potential have a minor effects.