Assessment of soil salinization based on a low-cost method and its influencing factors in a semi-arid agricultural area, northwest China

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 3465-3475

  Wu, Jianhua ^a,b   Li, Peiyue ^a,b   Qian, Hui ^a,b   Fang, Yuan ^a,b  

^a CHANG'AN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Agricultural irrigation; Soil electrical conductivity; Soil salinity; Soil salinization investigation; Water percolation; WET sensor

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; COSTS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRRIGATION; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); SOILS; SOLVENTS;

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; SOIL ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL SALINITY; SOIL SALINIZATION; WATER PERCOLATION;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ALLUVIAL PLAIN; ASSESSMENT METHOD; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; IRRIGATION; PERCOLATION; RECHARGE; SALINIZATION; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL TYPE; WATER CONTENT;

CHINA;

EID: 84897410264     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-013-2736-x     Document Type: Article

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