Occurrence and measurement of salinity stratification in shallow groundwater in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area, south-eastern Australia

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 81, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 23-40

  Northey, J E ^a,b   Christen, E W ^a   Ayars, J E ^c   Jankowski, J ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Irrigation salinity; Salinity stratification; Shallow groundwater

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FLOW; INTERPOLATION; IRRIGATION; LYSIMETERS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SOILS; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

IRRIGATION SALINITY; MULTILEVEL SAMPLER; SALINITY STRATIFICATION; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER;

GROUNDWATER;

CAPILLARY FLOW; GROUNDWATER; INTERPOLATION; IRRIGATION; LYSIMETERS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SOILS; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

GROUNDWATER; IRRIGATION; SALINIZATION;

CAPILLARITY; GROUND WATER; IRRIGATION; SALINITY; SOIL; STRATIFICATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 32044462319     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2005.04.003     Document Type: Article

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