Using an electromagnetic sensor combined with geographic information systems to monitor soil salinity in an area of southern turkey irrigated with drainage water

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1133-1145

  Cetin, Mahmut ^a   Ibrikci, Hayriye ^a   Kirda, Cevat ^a   Kaman, Harun ^b   Karnez, Ebru ^c   Ryan, John ^d   Topcu, Sevilay ^a   Eren Oztekin, M ^a   Dingil, Mahmut ^a   Sesveren, Sertan ^e  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c CANKIRI KARATEKIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^e KAHRAMANMARAS SUTCU IMAM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Drainage; EM38; Hypsometric salinity curves; Irrigation; Irrigation return flows; Soll salinity mapping

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE WATER; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; GIS; GPS; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; ROOTING; SALINITY; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL PROFILE; WATER TABLE;

CUKUROVA; TURKEY;

EID: 84861840828     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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