Three-dimensional mapping of salt stores in the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia. 2. Calculating landscape salt loads from airborne electromagnetic and laboratory data

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 103-115

  Mullen, I C ^a   Wilkinson, K E ^b   Cresswell, R G ^c   Kellett, J ^a  

^a BUREAU OF RURAL SCIENCES   (Australia)

^b Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines ^*  (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Airborne electromagnetic survey; Pore fluids; Salinity; Salt load; Three dimensional mapping

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SURVEY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEY; LABORATORY METHOD; LANDSCAPE; MAPPING; SALINITY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN;

EID: 34047186932     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2006.08.005     Document Type: Article

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