Potential use of saline groundwater for irrigation in the Murray hydrogeological basin of Australia

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1188-1196

  Ranatunga, Kemachandra ^a   Nation, Eloise R ^a   Barodien, Glynnis ^a  

^a BUREAU OF RURAL SCIENCES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crop yield; EPIC; GIS; Saline groundwater; Salinity

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; EPIC; GIS; SALINE GROUNDWATER; SALINITY;

AQUIFERS; CROPS; IRRIGATION; SALINE WATER; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SURFACE WATER RESOURCES;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

BASIN MANAGEMENT; CROP YIELD; DRAINAGE NETWORK; GIS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; IRRIGATION; RAINFALL; RHIZOSPHERE; SALINE INTRUSION; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SURFACE WATER; WATER TABLE;

AUSTRALIA; DARLING BASIN; MURRAY BASIN;

EID: 77957756331     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2010.03.028     Document Type: Article

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