Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0347734

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP0347734

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Conservation tillage and its potential to affect catchment salt and water balances. Replacement of deep-rooted vegetation with shallow rooted crops has resulted in greater movement of water into groundwater systems, raising in groundwater level and mobilizing salt to the land's surface. The practice of conservation tillage, provides a range of advantages to landholders, but also has the potential to accentuate the risk of salinisation because it increases water infiltration into the soil surface. This project aims to evaluate the impact of conservation tillage on soil salt profiles in the Condamine-Balonne and Border Rivers Catchments, and to model will the effect of changed landscape salt and water balances on river water quality.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2003

End Date: 31-03-2008

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $314,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Soil Chemistry | Soil Physics | Soil Sciences | Environmental Impact Assessment

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Field crops | Land and water management |

Other Keywords

Environmental Impact Assessment | Field crops | Land and water management | Soil Chemistry | Soil Physics | Soil Sciences

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