Regional-scale investigation of the spatial distribution and origin of soluble salts in central north Queensland

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 237-250

  Bui, Elisabeth N ^a   Moran, Christopher J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Regional scale; Salinity; Sparse point sampling; Spatial statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); GROUNDWATER; ROCKS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SALTS; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ATMOSPHERIC ACCESSION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; RANDOM POINT DISTRIBUTIONS; SPARSE POINT SAMPLING; SPATIAL STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHICALLY DEFINED CATCHMENT;

SALINE WATER;

CATCHMENT; SALINITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0034652781     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(20000215)14:2<237::AID-HYP922>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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