Understanding salt mobilization from an irrigated catchment in south-eastern Australia

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 24, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 3307-3321

  Selle, B ^a   Thayalakumaran, T ^a   Morris, M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate; Drainage; Hydrogeology; Irrigation return flows; Salinity; Salt mobilisation

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); DRAINAGE; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRRIGATION; NEURAL NETWORKS; RAIN; RUNOFF; TREES (MATHEMATICS); WATER SUPPLY;

CLASSIFICATION AND REGRESSION TREE; CLIMATE; INTEGRATED METHODOLOGY; IRRIGATION RETURN FLOWS; MOBILISATION; POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; SALINITY; SOUTH-EASTERN AUSTRALIA;

CATCHMENTS;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CATCHMENT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DRAINAGE WATER; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULIC HEAD; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRRIGATION; RAINFALL; SALINITY;

AUSTRALIA; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN; NEW SOUTH WALES; RIVERINE PLAIN;

EID: 77958570399     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7761     Document Type: Article

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