Publication Date
2005
Series Number
296
Abstract
Oil mallees are being planted in Western Australian wheatbelt farms with the expectation that they will reduce land salination by lowering watertables as well as providing income from combinations of eucalyptus oil distillation, power generation, activated carbon production and carbon sequestration in the future.
Number of Pages
58
Keywords
Hydrogeology, Economic analysis, Salt land, Salinity, Agroforestry, Groundwater, Esperance region (WA), Western Australia, Oil mallee
Disciplines
Agriculture | Natural Resources Management and Policy | Soil Science | Water Resource Management
Recommended Citation
Simons, J A, Taylor, P, Bennett, D L, and Western Australia. Department of Conservation and Land Management. (2005), Gibson oil mallee study : drill completion and preliminary hydrogeological interpretation report. Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia, Perth. Report 296.
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