Journal Title：Vadose Zone Journal

Vadose Zone Journal is a unique publication outlet for interdisciplinary research and assessment of the vadose zone, the portion of the Critical Zone that comprises the Earth’s critical living surface down to groundwater. It is a peer-reviewed, international journal publishing reviews, original research, and special sections across a wide range of disciplines. Vadose Zone Journal reports fundamental and applied research from disciplinary and multidisciplinary investigations, including assessment and policy analyses, of the mostly unsaturated zone between the soil surface and the groundwater table. The 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, long-term stewardship of contaminated sites in the vadose zone, 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. Articles in VZJ 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.

Vadose Zone Journal 是一个独特的出版物渠道，用于跨学科研究和评估包气带，这是关键带的一部分，包括地球的关键生命表面直至地下水。它是一个经过同行评审的国际期刊，出版评论、原创研究和跨学科的特殊栏目。 Vadose Zone Journal 报道了来自学科和多学科调查的基础和应用研究，包括评估和政策分析，对土壤表面和地下水位之间的大部分不饱和带进行了评估。目标是传播信息，以促进基于科学的决策和对渗流区的可持续管理。适用于 VZJ 的主题领域示例包括可变饱和流体流动、颗粒和裂缝介质中的热量和溶质传输、地下水位处或附近毛细管边缘的流动过程、地下水位管理、区域和全球气候变化对包气带的影响、碳封存、废物处理设施的设计和性能、渗流带污染场地的长期管理、生物地球化学转化过程、浅层和深层地层的微生物过程、生物修复以及放射性核素、无机和有机化学品的归宿和运输、胶体、病毒和微生物。 VZJ 中的文章还解决了尚未解决的问题，例如如何量化地下过程和特性的异质性，以及如何在从分子到全球的一系列空间尺度上耦合物理、化学和生物过程。