Irrigation increases groundwater recharge in the Macquarie Valley

Australian Journal of Soil Research

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 837-847

  Willis, T M ^a,b   Black, A S ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

chloride profiles; cotton (Gossypium hirsutum); deep percolation; groundwater recharge; solute mass balance

Indexed keywords

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HIRSUTUM;

GROUNDWATER RECHARGE; IRRIGATION; MASS BALANCE; PERCOLATION RATE; SOLUTE;

AUSTRALIA, NEW SOUTH WALES, MACQUARIE VALLEY;

EID: 0029659599     PISSN: 00049573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SR9960837     Document Type: Article

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