Vadose Zone Journal

Vadose Zone Journal

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Publisher: Soil Science Society of America

Vadose Zone Journal (VZJ) is an outlet for interdisciplinary research 
and assessment of the vadose zone, the mostly unsaturated zone between 
the soil surface and the permanent groundwater table. The scientific 
community has an increasing need for effective dissemination of 
information about the physical, chemical, and biological processes 
operating in this zone. Currently no scientific journal focuses 
specifically on the vadose zone, and we trust that VZJ will fill this 
gap. The journal will provide a forum for vadose zone research and 
assessment using electronic procedures for manuscript submission, 
review, and publication.

Vadose Zone Journal will report fundamental and applied research from 
disciplinary and multidisciplinary investigations, including assessment 
and policy analyses of single- and multi-issue concerns involving the 
vadose zone. Our 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, 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.

VZJ will 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.

Dr. Rien van Genuchten
Editor, Vadose Zone Journal
U.S. Salinity Laboratory
450 West Big Springs Road
Riverside, CA 92507-4617
Tel. 909-369-4847

Email: vzjeditor@ussl.ars.usda.gov

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Current Issue:  February 2004, Volume 3, Issue 1

Date: 17 May 2004