Multivariate analysis of soil grid data as a soil classification and mapping tool: The case study of a homogeneous plain in Vagia, Viotia, Greece

Geoderma

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 63-79

  Theocharopoulos, S P ^a   Petrakis, P V ^b   Trikatsoula, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

^b Biological System Investigations   (Greece)

Author keywords

cluster analysis; Greece; multivariate statistical analysis; principal component analysis; soil classification; soil maps; soil properties

Indexed keywords

CLAY CONTENT; LIQUID LIMIT; SOIL CLASSIFICATION; SOIL MAP; SOIL PROPERTIES;

GREECE, VIOTIA, VAGIA;

EID: 0030616458     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7061(97)00004-9     Document Type: Article

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