Our objectives are to evaluate the functions of forest soils and their variation in time and space. Our research is centered around the physical and chemical processes of water and solute transport in soil and the effects of these processes on soil properties.

Image1:Damage caused by vocanic eruptions on Miyake island(Tokyo)	Image2:Measurement of the water repellency of soil	Image3:Distribution of nitrate ion concentrations(mgL-1) in stream water

♦Researchers and research keywords

Head	Shuichiro YOSHINAGA   Soil genetic processes; Soil mineralogy; Weathering; Chronosequence; Toposequence
Senior Researcher	Masahiro KOBAYASHI   Soil water movement; Hydraulic properties; Preferential flow; Water repellency
Senior Researcher	Yuko ITOH   Trace metals; Pb isotopes; Biogeochemical cyclying
Senior Researche	Akihiro IMAYA   Soil classification; Soil genesis; Brown forest soils; Cambisols; Andosols

Key words of the laboratory: Physical and chemical processes; Water and solute transport; Inorganic element dynamics; Mass balance

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