Mapping soil depth classes in dry Mediterranean areas using terrain attributes derived from a digital elevation model

Geoderma

Volumn 72, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 99-118

  Boer, Matthias ^a   Del Barrio, Gabriel ^a   Puigdefábregas, Juan ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAND USE; MANAGEMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL DATA; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL SURVEY;

MEDITERRANEAN; SPAIN;

EID: 0030176883     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-7061(96)00024-9     Document Type: Article

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