Vadose Zone Journal

期刊简介：Vadose Zone Journal is a unique publication outlet for interdisciplinary research and assessment of the vadose zone, the portion of the Critical Zone that comprises the Earth’s critical living surface down to groundwater. It is a peer-reviewed, international journal publishing reviews, original research, and special sections across a wide range of disciplines. Vadose Zone Journal reports fundamental and applied research from disciplinary and multidisciplinary investigations, including assessment and policy analyses, of the mostly unsaturated zone between the soil surface and the groundwater table. The goal is to disseminate information to facilitate science-based decision-making and sustainable management of the vadose zone. Examples of topic areas suitable for VZJ are variably saturated fluid flow, heat and solute transport in granular and fractured media, flow processes in the capillary fringe at or near the water table, water table management, regional and global climate change impacts on the vadose zone, carbon sequestration, design and performance of waste disposal facilities, long-term stewardship of contaminated sites in the vadose zone, biogeochemical transformation processes, microbial processes in shallow and deep formations, bioremediation, and the fate and transport of radionuclides, inorganic and organic chemicals, colloids, viruses, and microorganisms. Articles in VZJ also address yet-to-be-resolved issues, such as how to quantify heterogeneity of subsurface processes and properties, and how to couple physical, chemical, and biological processes across a range of spatial scales from the molecular to the global.

【译文】 vadose zone journal 是一个独特的跨学科研究和评估 vadose zone 的出版物，vadose zone 是临界区的一部分，包括从地球的关键生活表面到地下水的部分。它是一本同行评审的国际期刊，涵盖广泛的学科，出版评论、原创研究和特别专栏。 vadose zone journal 报道了从学科和多学科调查中得出的基础和应用研究，包括对土壤表面和地下水位之间大部分非饱和区的评估和政策分析。 目标是传播信息，以促进基于科学的决策和 vadose zone 的可持续管理。适合 vadose zone journal 的主题领域包括变饱和流体流动、颗粒和裂隙介质中的热和溶质传输、毛细边缘的流动过程（在或接近地下水位），地下水位管理、区域和全球气候变化对 vadose zone 的影响、碳封存、废物处理设施的设计和性能、vadose zone 中受污染场地的长期管理、生物地球化学转化过程、浅层和深层地层中的微生物过程、生物修复以及放射性核素、无机和有机化学品、胶体、病毒和微生物的归宿和传输。 vadose zone journal 的文章还讨论了尚未解决的问题，例如如何量化地下过程和特性的异质性，以及如何将物理、化学和生物过程耦合在从分子到全球的各种空间尺度上。