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McLeod et al.<br />

Table 1. Ranges of ECe values for surface and subsurface soil layers in<br />

2005 and 2007<br />

Soil Layers (m)<br />

Equivalent ECe values ranges (dS/m)<br />

Aug 05 Jan 07<br />

0 - 0.45 0.8 - 33.7 0.8 - 23.4<br />

0.45 - 1.5 1.0 - 21.8 1.1 - 23.0<br />

Figure 2. Average ECa at the soil surface (EMh) at selected<br />

measurement times. Numbers above bars indicate the<br />

location of measurements<br />

Factors affecting soil salinity levels include length of seawater<br />

inundation period after the tsunami, land use/soil type, exposure to<br />

tidal movement, and the availability of irrigation water and drainage<br />

infrastructures.<br />

Soil salinity levels were higher in the areas that were inundated with<br />

sea water for a longer period after the tsunami (Figure 3). The length<br />

of seawater flooding after a tsunami relates to the thickness of saline<br />

mud sediment and water infiltration into the soil profile. Tsunami mud<br />

sediment was found to be thicker in areas that were flooded for a<br />

longer period. The tsunami mud collected from BPTP ground in Banda<br />

Aceh in January 2005 is extremely saline (EC1:5 value of 6.3 dS/m,<br />

equivalent to a ECe value of about 54 dS/m).<br />

Variation of tsunami-induced soil salinity between soil types/land uses<br />

is related to soil texture. Lowland rice fields with heavier textured soils<br />

were more saline than sandier and more permeable dryland fields.<br />

Lowland rice farming practices require the formation of an<br />

impermeable claypan at about 20 cm depth to hold water during the<br />

growing season. However, this layer also inhibits the downward<br />

leaching of salts after a tsunami. This suggests the critical role of<br />

surface drainage in leaching salts horizontally out of the lowland rice<br />

International Workshop on Post Tsunami Soil Management, 1-2 July 2008 in Bogor, Indonesia

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