Assessment of soil salinization at the eastern Nestos River Delta, N.E. Greece

Catena

Volumn 128, Issue , 2015, Pages 238-251

  Gkiougkis, I ^a   Kallioras, A ^b   Pliakas, F ^a   Pechtelidis, A ^a   Diamantis, V ^a   Diamantis, I ^a   Ziogas, A ^a   Dafnis, I ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

DESIRE project; Groundwater salinization; Nestos River; Soil degradation; Soil salinization

Indexed keywords

COMPOST; IRRIGATION; LAND DEGRADATION; LEACHING; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; SALINIZATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STAKEHOLDER; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

EASTERN MACEDONIA AND THRACE; GREECE; KAVALA; NESTOS DELTA;

FUNGI;

EID: 85027940345     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2014.06.024     Document Type: Article

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