VADOSE ZONE

John A. Matthews

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VADOSE ZONE

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John A. Matthews
In:Encyclopedia of Environmental Change
Chapter DOI:https://doi.org/10.4135/9781446247501.n4049
Subject:Environmental Sciences (general), Environmental Technology, Policy & Management

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The unsaturated groundwater zone above the permanent water table; also known as the aeration zone. Vadose water occurs in the vadose zone, where it circulates more or less freely under the influence of gravity, depending on the porosity (the ratio of the voids to the total volume of material) and permeability (the degree of continuity between voids) of the rocks, and on the extent to which the rocks are pervious (with drainage along fissures in otherwise impermeable rocks).

[See alsocave, karst, permeable, phreatic zone, porous]

John A.MatthewsSwansea University

http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781446247501.n4049

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ParlangeMB and HopmansJW (1999) Vadose zone hydrology: Cutting across disciplines. New York: Oxford University Press.

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