Predictive soil mapping: A review

Progress in Physical Geography

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 171-197

  Scull, P ^a   Franklin, J ^a   Chadwick, O A ^b   McArthur, D ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

GIS; Soil geography; Soil survey

Indexed keywords

GIS; MAPPING; PREDICTION; SOIL SURVEY;

EID: 0037929550     PISSN: 03091333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0309133303pp366ra     Document Type: Article

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