Evaluation of different procedures to interpolate particle-size distributions to achieve compatibility within soil databases

Geoderma

Volumn 90, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 187-202

  Nemes, A ^a   Wosten J H M ^b   Lilly, A ^c   Oude Voshaar, J H ^b  

^a Research Institute for Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry Hungarian Academy of Sciences   (Hungary)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Estimation procedure; Soil texture similarity; Spline; Standardisation; Texture description

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; SOIL PROPERTY;

EID: 0345161803     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7061(99)00014-2     Document Type: Article

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