Research Article

Predicted Infiltration for Sodic/Saline Soils from Reclaimed Coastal Areas: Sensitivity to Model Parameters

Table 1

Some properties of the soils used in this study.

Soil Soil organic matter 
(g/kg)
Clay content 
(%)
Sodium (Na) ion content 
(g/kg)
Exchangeable Na percentage  
(%)

(mS/cm)
Year of reclamationLand use

Soil A3.26 (±0.11)8.5 (±0.59)1.60 (±0.43)68.9 (±3.36)5.98 (±1.05)2007None
Soil B15.27 (±0.57)10.7 (±1.01)0.10 (±0.09)16.8 (±1.44)0.36 (±0.22)1960Chinese cabbage

: soil electrical conductivity of a 1 : 5 soil to water extract; data represented by mean ± standard error (SE).