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The salinity of soil sampled from profiles exposed by a backhoe did not relate well with the vegetative cover growing on the soil, yet there was a good relationship between cover and depth to the saline water table. Results demonstrated that the depth to a saline water table can be used as an indicator of the possible productive potential of a soil.
R A Nulsen (Wed,) studied this question.