The role of EM38 in land and water management planning on the Tragowel Plains in Northern Victoria

Exploration Geophysics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 90-94

  Broadfoot, Kimberley ^a   Morris, Mike ^a   Stevens, Deidre ^a   Heuperman, Alfred ^a  

^a Department of Natural Resources and Environment ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Agriculture; EM38 calibration; Irrigation; Salinity; Salinity mapping; Soil salinity survey; Tragowel Plains

Indexed keywords

EID: 9344250359     PISSN: 08123985     EISSN: 18347533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EG02090     Document Type: Article

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