Simulated effects of irrigation on salinity in the Arkansas River Valley in Colorado

Ground Water

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 76-86

  Goff, Karin ^a   Lewis, Michael E ^b   Person, Mark A ^c   Konikow, Leonard F ^b  

^a Integrity Solutions   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CALIBRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLOW OF WATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; IRRIGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RIVERS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; WATER LEVELS;

ALLUVIAL AQUIFER; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TWO DIMENSIONAL; WATER QUANTITY;

WATER QUALITY;

ALLUVIAL AQUIFER; IRRIGATION; RIVER WATER; SALINITY; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SURFACE WATER QUALITY;

ARKANSAS RIVER; COLORADO; USA;

EID: 0031906077     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.1998.tb01067.x     Document Type: Article

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