Digital elevation modelling of soil type and drainage within small forested catchments

Canadian Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 127-137

  Case, Bradley S ^a   Meng, Fan Rui ^b   Arp, Paul A ^b  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Digital elevation model; Flow accumulation; Soil drainage; Soil permeability; Soil taxonomic units; Soil wetness index

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DRAINAGE; FOREST SOIL; SOIL CLASSIFICATION;

EID: 20444452503     PISSN: 00084271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/S04-008     Document Type: Article

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