A comparison of soil maps, kriging and a combined method for spatially predicting bulk density and field capacity of ferralsols in the Havana-Matanzas Plain

Geoderma

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 199-213

  Utset, Angel ^a   López, Teresa ^b   Díaz, Martín ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

^b Irrigat and Drainage Res Institute   (Cuba)

^c Institute of Geophysics and Astronomy   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Bulk density; Cuba; Field capacity; Geostatistics; Kriging; Soil maps; Spatial variability

Indexed keywords

BULK DENSITY; FERRALSOL; FIELD CAPACITY; KRIGING; MAPPING; PREDICTION;

CUBA;

EID: 0342699810     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7061(99)00055-5     Document Type: Article

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