Mapping the soil resources of a recent alluvial plain in Greece using fuzzy sets in a GIS environment

European Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 261-273

  Kollias, V J ^a   Kalivas, D P ^a   Yassoglou, N J ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUZZY MATHEMATICS; GIS; MAPPING METHOD; SOIL SURVEY;

GREECE;

EID: 0033065757     PISSN: 13510754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2389.1999.t01-1-00231.x     Document Type: Article

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