The Effects of Coal Seam Gas Infrastructure Development on Arable Land in Southern Queensland, Australia: Field Investigations and Modeling

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“…Different strategies such as application of subsoil tillage, alternative tillage systems and crop rotations can be applied during the post-construction phase. The decision on proper soil recovery management varies based on site-specific conditions, where the level of soil disturbance and environmental factors correlate with the intensity of site management necessary to promote soil restoration in cropland (Antille et al, 2016;Bolling & Walker, 2000;Li et al, 2013).…”

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Effect of subsoil tillage during pipeline construction activities on near‐term soil physical properties and crop yields in the right‐of‐way

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Ebrahimi

Hanna

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Soil Use and Management

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Natural gas and oil consumption are projected (U.S. Energy Information Administration, 2019) to increase globally and domestically through 2040. According to the report released by the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA, 2015), extraction and transportation of natural resources will require establishment of thousands of kilometres of new pipeline infrastructures. As an inevitable consequence, installation of underground pipelines implicates extensive soil disturbance with adverse effects on soil physical properties through soil compaction and mixing of topsoil and subsoil because of construction right-of-way (ROW) activities (Naeth,

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Effect of subsoil tillage during pipeline construction activities on near‐term soil physical properties and crop yields in the right‐of‐way

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Hanna

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Soil Use and Management

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“…These results are consistent with those by Connolly et al (1997), who showed that the effect of compaction on the water content at a given potential decreased progressively in the near-linear section (transition region) of the WRC. Based on experimental work by Connolly et al (2001), Antille et al (2016) showed that compaction had little effect on pores holding water at a potential of 1,500 kPa. This suggests a steadily increasing impact of compaction on mostly the larger pores, and supports the modeling assumptions made both in this and previous studies (Hussein et al, 2021a(Hussein et al, , 2021bNgo-Cong et al, 2021;Tian et al, 2018).…”

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“…The impact of compaction on soil pores holding water at potentials of 1,500 kPa or higher is generally negligible (Connolly et al, 2001). Data from a study on Grey Vertosols (Vertisols using the USDA-NRCS, 1999, description) showed nonsignificant differences (P > .05) in gravimetric water contents between compacted and noncompacted dry soils at that potential (Antille et al, 2016). Therefore, changes (increases) in the volumetric water content at 1,500 kPa due to compaction can be captured by the increased soil bulk density, as also shown by Connolly et al (2001).…”

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A modeling framework to quantify the effects of compaction on soil water retention and infiltration

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Antille

Genuchten

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The water retention curve (WRC) of arable soils from the southeastern United States at different levels of compaction (no compaction, and 10 and 20% increases in soil bulk density) was estimated using the van Genuchten-Mualem (VG) model. The VG water retention parameters of the noncompacted soils were obtained first by fitting measured soil hydraulic data. To construct the WRC of the compacted soils, gravimetric values of the permanent wilting point (θ gw , 1,500 kPa) and the residual (θ gr ) water content were assumed to remain unchanged with compaction. The VG parameter α and exponent η after compaction were estimated using two approaches. In Approach 1, α and η were estimated from saturation, the permanent wilting point, and the residual water content. In Approach 2, the value of η was assumed to remain unchanged with compaction, which allowed α to be estimated immediately from the VG equation. Approach 2 was found to give slightly better agreement with measured data than Approach 1. The effect of compaction on the saturated hydraulic conductivity (K s ) was predicted using semitheoretical approaches and the VG-WRC function. HYDRUS-1D was further used to simulate vertical infiltration into a single-layered soil profile to determine the impact of compaction on the infiltration characteristics of the soils used in our analyses. Results showed that a 10-20% increase in soil bulk density, due to compaction, reduced cumulative infiltration (I c ) at time T = T final (steadystate) by 55-82%, and the available water storage capacity by 3-49%, depending upon soil type.

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“…The increase in microaggregate sites and subsequent decrease in macroaggregate sites create a more hostile germinating and growing environment for vegetation, alter nutrient cycling and bioavailability, and change hydrologic functions within the soil (Braunack & Dexter, 1988;Guber et al, 2003;Jastrow et al, 1996). Compacted soils with altered pore distributions, particularly when paired with landscape disturbances as seen following pipeline installation, have a higher potential of wind and water erosion which could persist or intensify for years following disturbance (Antille et al, 2016;Vacher et al, 2014;Vacher et al, 2016).…”

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Soil degradation and crop yield declines persist 5 years after pipeline installations

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Culman

2023

Soil Science Soc of Amer J

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Degradation of natural resources, including increased soil compaction, soil horizon mixing, and decreased crop yields have been common outcomes of underground pipeline installation. However, most of the research documenting the impacts of pipeline installation on soil and crops was conducted before contemporary best management practices were developed and implemented. The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of pipeline installation on soils and field crops after a 4‐ to 5‐year remediation period, coinciding with the end of landowner compensation and when sites are considered fully remediated by pipeline companies. We report soil properties and corn (Zea mays L.) and soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] yields from three independently operated pipelines at 29 sites across 8 Ohio counties. We observed significant degradation in soil physical properties, such as surface penetration resistance (15.3% increase) and mean weight diameter of soil aggregates (13.6% decrease) in right‐of‐way (ROW) areas compared with adjacent (ADJ) areas, respectively. Soils in ROW showed evidence of soil horizon mixing, with 25.0 g kg−1 higher clay compared with ADJ areas. Soil degradation resulted in decreases of 23.8% and 19.5% in corn yields and 7.4% and 12.5% in soybean yields during 2020 and 2021, respectively. Widespread disturbance persisted 5 years following pipeline installation in soil physical, chemical, and biological properties. Current best management practices of pipeline installation and remediation employed by three companies were insufficient to combat widespread soil degradation and crop yield loss.

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The Effects of Coal Seam Gas Infrastructure Development on Arable Land in Southern Queensland, Australia: Field Investigations and Modeling

Abstract: le: The effects of coal seam gas infrastructure development on arable land.

Cited by 12 publications

References 68 publications

Effect of subsoil tillage during pipeline construction activities on near‐term soil physical properties and crop yields in the right‐of‐way

Effect of subsoil tillage during pipeline construction activities on near‐term soil physical properties and crop yields in the right‐of‐way

A modeling framework to quantify the effects of compaction on soil water retention and infiltration

Soil degradation and crop yield declines persist 5 years after pipeline installations

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