A regional soil survey approach for upgrading from flood to sprinkler irrigation in a semi-arid environment

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 145-152

  Herrero, J ^a   Robinson, D A ^b   Nogues J ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y TECNOLOGÍA AGROALIMENTARIA DE ARAGÓN CITA   (Spain)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Irrigation; Salinity; Soil phases; Soil survey; Spain

Indexed keywords

SALT MOBILIZATION; SOIL PHASES; SOIL SUITABILITY;

DECISION MAKING; EROSION; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; IRRIGATION; SALINE WATER; SPAIN;

SOIL SURVEYS;

DECISION MAKING; EROSION; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; IRRIGATION; SALINE WATER; SOIL SURVEYS; SPAIN;

EROSION CONTROL; FLOOD; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; SALINITY; SEMIARID REGION; SLOPE; SOIL SURVEY; SOIL TEXTURE; SPRAY; SURFACE LAYER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 35248839476     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2007.07.003     Document Type: Article

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