Groundwater salt accessions to land in the Queensland Murray-Darling Basin, Australia

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 719-726

  Biggs, Andrew J W ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Groundwater statistics; Murray Darling Basin; Salinity

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; GROUNDWATER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SALINE INTRUSION; SALINITY; WATER CHEMISTRY;

AUSTRALIA; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 79953251336     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: 14350157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-011-0714-5     Document Type: Article

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