Tag Archives: soil

ADAM project: a research position in hydro-agronomy, Rennes

Job title: Analysis of the spatial and temporal variability of concentrations and nutrient flows in the Breton agricultural watersheds Location: UMR INRA-Agrocampus “Sol Agro and hydrosystem Spatialisation”, 65 Rue Saint Brieuc, Rennes Duration: 12 months (eventually 24 months) Remuneration: 1600 euros net /month for Study engineer (to be adapted if hiring research engineer) Job description: The job offer is part […]

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Autonomous Sensors for Measuring Continuously the Moisture and Salinity of a Porous Medium

Papers - Publications scientifiques

The article describes a new field sensor to monitor continuously in situ moisture and salinity of a porous medium via measurements of its dielectric permittivity, conductivity and temperature. It intends to overcome difficulties and biases encountered with sensors based on the same sensitivity principle. Permittivity and conductivity are determined simultaneously by a self-balanced bridge, which measures directly the admittance of […]

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SHYDRO2GEO-Spatialisation of Hydrological parameters using geophysical and geostatistical methods

Research on the Critical Zone (CZ) is a prerequisite for undertaking issues related to exosystemic services that human societies rely on (nutrient cycles, water supply and quality). However, while the upper part of CZ (vegetation, soil, surface water) is readily accessible, knowledge of the subsurface remains limited, due to the point-scale character of conventional direct observations. While the potential for […]

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Small-Scale Seismic Monitoring of Varying Water Levels in Granular Media

Papers - Publications scientifiques

Physical properties of soils in the vadose zone, and especially their water content, are characterized by strong spatial and temporal variations mostly driven by weather and anthropogenic activities. To understand this variability and help water resource management, seismic methods have been recently suggested as a complement to electrical and electromagnetic techniques. The simultaneous in situ estimation of pressure (P) and […]

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Goldschmidt conference: this year in Paris!

  Goldschmidt is the foremost annual, international conference on geochemistry and related subjects, organised by the European Association of Geochemistry and the Geochemical Society. The 2017 edition will take place in Paris, France, from August 13th-18th, 2017. More than 3600 abstracts are expected, with up to 4000 attendees. The 2017 conference will feature sessions on a variety of newsworthy topics, […]

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