Ignoring the signals: Irrigation salinity in New South Wales, Australia

Irrigation and Drainage

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-49

  Proust, Katrina ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; British India; History; Irrigation; Murrumbidgee Irrigation Scheme; Salinisation

Indexed keywords

VICTORIA;

EID: 17144394872     PISSN: 15310353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ird.79     Document Type: Conference Paper

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