Author(s): G. Teutsch; H. Kobus

Linked Author(s):

Keywords:

Abstract: In order to carry out soil and groundwater related field experiments under controlled natural conditions, an environmental research test site has been set up in July 1987 on the "Horkheimer Insel", 70 km north of Stuttgart. At present, the interdisciplinary research program comprises one groundwater project, two projects dealing with the unsaturated zone and the soil, and one environmental database project. The 2 ha field site is extensively instrumented, comprising 24 multilevel groundwater observation- and pumping-wells, a large monolithic lysimeter, a meterological station, as well as numerous tensiometer and suction cups. In order to facilitate the communication and data exchange between the cooperating university institutes, a distributed database system is being developed. During the initial phase of the investigations, the field site has been extensively described in terms of underground structure, as well as the soil and aquifer parameters. The investigation program is presented together with first results of the ongoing field experiments.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00221689009499062

Year: 1990