Magnetic properties of agricultural topsoils of the Isle of Man: Their characterization and classification by factor analysis

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 36, Issue 9-10, 2005, Pages 1241-1262

  Booth, Colin A ^a   Fullen, Michael A ^a   Walden, John ^b   Smith, John P ^a   Hallett, Michael D ^a   Harris, John ^c   Holland, Kim ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d Government Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental magnetisms; Multivariate statistics; Soil discrimination; Soil texture

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC PROPERTY; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; SOIL;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ISLE OF MAN; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

PUFFINUS AURICULARIS;

EID: 20344403082     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CSS-200056920     Document Type: Article

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