Characterization of soil salinization and its driving factors in a typical irrigation area of Northwest China

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 837; p. 155808
• Main Authors: Zhang, Yuting, Hou, Kai, Qian, Hui, Gao, Yanyan, Fang, Yuan, Xiao, Shan, Tang, Shunqi, Zhang, Qiying, Qu, Wengang, Ren, Wenhao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.09.2022
• Subjects: agricultural land; calcium; China; climate; drainage; environment; evaporation; groundwater; GWR model; humans; Irrigation; land use; organic matter; rain; regression analysis; risk; Salinization; soil salinity; soil salinization; uncertainty; water table; woodlands; Yinchuan Plain; China; Salinization; Irrigation; Yinchuan Plain; GWR model

Salinization of irrigation areas is a global environmental challenge. The uncertainty in the distribution of salinization is increased by the complexity of the natural environment. This study adopted Yinchuan Plain as a typical irrigation area to study the relationship between soil salinity and the...