Use of airborne gamma radiometric data for soil mapping

Australian Journal of Soil Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 183-194

  Cook, S E ^a   Corner, R J ^a   Groves, P R ^b   Grealish, G J ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b World Geoscience Corporation Ltd   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Airborne remote sensing; Gamma ray spectrometry; Geophysical techniques; Soil survey

Indexed keywords

DATA; GAMMA RADIOMETRY; MEASUREMENT; PARENT MATERIAL; REGOLITH; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MAPPING; SOIL SURVEY; TECHNIQUE;

AUSTRALIA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0029749952     PISSN: 00049573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SR9960183     Document Type: Article

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