Water and salt balance at irrigation scheme scale: A comprehensive approach for salinity assessment in a Saharan oasis

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 96, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1311-1322

  Marlet, Serge ^a   Bouksila, Fethi ^b   Bahri, Akissa ^c  

^a UMR G EAU   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

^c INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Drainage; Gypsiferous soil; Irrigation; Oasis; Salinity; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; IRRIGATION; MAGNESIUM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOILS; WATER SUPPLY;

ACTUAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; GROUNDWATER SALINITIES; GYPSIFEROUS SOILS; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGES; OASIS; SALINITY; TUNISIA;

HYDROCHEMISTRY;

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; IRRIGATION; LEACHING; MODELING; OASIS; RESIDENCE TIME; RHIZOSPHERE; SALINITY; SALINIZATION; WATER AVAILABILITY;

AFRICA; KEBILI; NEFZAOUA; NORTH AFRICA; SAHARA; TUNISIA;

PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA;

EID: 67349208446     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2009.04.016     Document Type: Article

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