Modelling loess landscapes for the South Island, New Zealand, based on expert knowledge

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 117-133

  Schmidt, Jochen ^a   Almond, Peter C ^b   Basher, Les ^a   Carrick, Sam ^a   Hewitt, Allan E ^a   Lynn, Ian H ^a   Webb, Trevor H ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Expert models; Geo Information Systems (GIS); Loess; New Zealand; Soil landscapes; South Island

Indexed keywords

LANDSCAPE; LOESS; MODELING;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; WORLD;

EID: 20044396214     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2005.9515103     Document Type: Article

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