Saline groundwater seepage zones and their impact on soil and water resources in the Spicers Creek catchment, central west, New South Wales, Australia

Environmental Geology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 273-285

  Morgan, Karina ^a   Jankowski, Jerzy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dryland salinity; Hydrogeochemistry; Seepage zone; Sodicity

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; SALINE WATER; TOXICITY;

GEOLOGICAL COMPLEXITY; SALINE GROUNDWATER SEEPAGE ZONES;

GEOLOGY;

GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; SEEPAGE; SODICITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 4344598307     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-004-0977-4     Document Type: Article

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