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Table 8 Wall treatments, erosion metrics, and moisture metrics for the low-intensity rainfall simulations

From: Precipitation impacts on earthen architecture for better implementation of cultural resource management in the US Southwest

Wall

Treatment

Material loss (%)

Volume loss (cm3)

Affected surface area (cm2)

Max cavity depth (cm)

ΔθVWC (cm3 cm−3)

VWC starting (cm3 cm−3)

VWC maximum (cm3 cm−3)

Drying time (d)

B

Control

− 0.09

− 251

7

0.42

0.012

0.081

0.093

0.4

D

Control

0.31

830

37

2.19

0.005

0.044

0.049

0.4

J

Control

0.91

2551

10

0.93

ND

ND

ND

ND

L

Control

− 0.37

− 1115

40

0.93

0.008

0.055

0.063

0.3

R

Control

− 0.15

− 426

38

1.43

0.008

0.052

0.060

0.0

A

1-event

− 0.26

− 694

1836

4.47

0.119

0.079

0.198

25.4

C

1-event

− 0.48

− 1422

4799

3.06

0.182

0.056

0.238

48.2

F

1-event

− 0.03

− 81

2022

3.16

0.108

0.063

0.171

29.8

I

1-event

2.24

5673

3161

4.14

0.087

0.053

0.140

ND

M

1-event

1.10

3394

2460

4.77

0.099

0.047

0.147

28.0

N

1-event

1.25

3171

2140

3.27

0.149

0.044

0.193

13.1

Pa

1-event

2.52

7307

5041

11.45

0.140

0.056

0.196

24.0

Q

1-event

0.42

1072

2559

3.94

0.153

0.061

0.214

47.9

E

2-event

− 0.02

− 58

1707

3.87

0.106

0.043

0.149

34.9

G

2-event

0.27

668

1995

3.92

0.064

0.073

0.137

24.9

H

2-event

0.99

2615

1433

2.25

0.136

0.047

0.183

20.2

K

2-event

0.58

1528

1130

3.55

0.131

0.049

0.180

24.3

O

2-event

1.66

3604

2085

2.82

0.119

0.072

0.191

35.7

S

2-event

0.20

607

2903

3.99

0.133

0.041

0.174

20.4

T

2-event

0.39

1057

3789

2.89

0.138

0.062

0.201

41.1

  1. aWall P was excluded from analysis due to rain-simulator malfunction
  2. ND indicates no data available