A national soil profile database for Brazil available to international scientists

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 649-652

  Cooper, Miguel ^a   Mendes, Lúcia Maria Silveira ^a   Silva, Wellinton Luiz Costa ^a   Sparovek, Gerd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INTERNET; LAND USE; MORPHOLOGY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SAMPLING; SOIL SURVEYS;

REGIONAL SURVEYS; SCIENTISTS; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL SCIENCE;

SOILS;

DATABASE; SOIL SURVEY;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 18744392877     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2004.0140     Document Type: Article

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