The Brigalow Catchment Study revisited: Effects of land development on deep drainage determined from non-steady chloride profiles

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 373, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 487-498

  Silburn, D M ^a,b   Cowie, B A ^c   Thornton, C M ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^c Department of Environment and Natural Resources ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Cracking clays; Land use; Long term; Recharge; Salinity

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND USE; BEFORE AND AFTER; CHLORIDE PROFILES; CL-CONCENTRATIONS; CLAY SOIL; CRACKING CLAYS; DEEP DRAINAGE; DEVELOPMENT PHASE; DRAINAGE RATE; FARMING SYSTEM; HYDROGEOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; LAND CLEARING; LAND DEVELOPMENT; LANDSCAPE POSITIONS; LEACHATES; LOW PERMEABILITY; MASS BALANCE; MONITORING SITES; POTENTIAL EVAPORATION; QUEENSLAND; SEMI ARID; SODICITY; SOIL STRUCTURE; STUBBLE RETENTIONS; SUMMER FALLOW;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; CAPILLARITY; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CLAY; CLIMATOLOGY; CROPS; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; LAND USE; LEACHING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUNOFF; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; VEGETATION;

CATCHMENTS;

CATCHMENT; CLAY SOIL; CRACKING; DRAINAGE; FARMING SYSTEM; LAND USE; MASS BALANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALINITY; SAMPLING; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL STRUCTURE; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

ACACIA; ACACIA HARPOPHYLLA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 70350595318     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.05.012     Document Type: Article

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