Drainage, salt leaching and physico-chemical properties of irrigated man-made terrace soils in a mountain oasis of northern Oman

Geoderma

Volumn 125, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 273-285

  Luedeling, E ^a   Nagieb, M ^a   Wichern, F ^a   Brandt, M ^a   Deurer, M ^b   Buerkert, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aflaj; Anthropogenic soil; Hydraulic conductivity; Leaching; Salinization

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; IRRIGATION; LEACHING; MOISTURE; PORE SIZE; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY; INORGANIC CARBON; OASIS; WATER POTENTIAL;

SOILS;

DRAINAGE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; IRRIGATION; LEACHING; OASIS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SOIL MANAGEMENT; TERRACE;

DRAINAGE; IRRIGATION; LEACHING; MOISTURE; PORE SIZE; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; SOIL;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; OMAN; WORLD;

MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 13844275758     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2004.09.003     Document Type: Article

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