Evaluation of soil salinization in a Mediterranean site (Agoulinitsa district—West Greece)

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1373-1383

  Alexakis, Dimitris ^a   Gotsis, Dimitris ^a   Giakoumakis, Spyros ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Agricultural soil; Soil quality; Soil salinization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893197304     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-014-1279-0     Document Type: Article

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