Table 3 Soil salinized ratio of farmland, LT grassland and AS land in freezing period and thawing period.

From: The effects of soil freeze–thaw processes on water and salt migrations in the western Songnen Plain, China

Landscapes

Soil depth (cm)

Salt at the beginning of freezing (mg/kg)

Salt at the end of freezing (mg/kg)

Salt at the end of thawing (mg/kg)

Salinized ratio in freezing (%)

Salinized ratio in thawing (%)

Farmland

0–10

74.10

87.80

102.49

18.49 a

16.73 a

10–100

74.89

99.34

111.46

33.80 a

14.81 a

100–150

126.29

109.82

110.27

− 12.27 b

0.68 b

LT grassland

0–10

114.63

273.56

412.53

138.65 a

50.80 a

10–30

315.44

377.09

255.73

22.01 b

− 32.60 b

30–130

555.65

908.80

1009.07

63.28 b

10.88 ab

130–170

635.52

824.05

740.81

29.46 b

− 10.21 b

AS land

0–10

2322.67

2765.84

4209.50

19.08 b

52.20 a

10–40

965.78

2990.47

2894.90

213.71 a

− 2.84 ab

40–110

780.33

1862.35

1456.57

136.37 ab

− 20.13 b

110–180

557.74

910.51

955.95

62.71 b

5.47 ab

  1. Letters represent multiple comparison results and the dissimilar letter indicate a significant difference (P < 0.05).