The agricultural impacts of irrigation induced waterlogging and soil salinity in the Arkansas Basin

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 85, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 175-183

  Houk, Eric ^a   Frasier, Marshall ^b   Schuck, Eric ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Economics; Irrigation; Salinity; Sustainability; Waterlogging

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CALIBRATION; IRRIGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOILS;

HYDROLOGIC MODEL; SUSTAINABILITY; WATERLOGGING;

HYDROLOGY;

AGRICULTURE; CALIBRATION; HYDROLOGY; IRRIGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOILS;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; GIS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; IRRIGATION; SALINITY TOLERANCE; WATER TABLE; WATERLOGGING;

AGRICULTURE; CALIBRATION; HYDROLOGY; IRRIGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SALINITY; SOIL;

ARKANSAS RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748640610     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2006.04.007     Document Type: Article

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