Interpretation of digital soil photographs using spatial analysis: I. Methodology

South African Journal of Plant and Soil

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 7-13

  van Huyssteen, C W ^a   le Roux, P A L ^a   Hensley, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Diagnostic horizon; Munsell colour; RGB colour; Soil colour; Soil morphology

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL PHOTOGRAMMETRY; METHODOLOGY; SOIL CLASSIFICATION; SOIL COLOR; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33645462084     PISSN: 02571862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02571862.2006.10634723     Document Type: Article

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