Identifying potential management zones in a layered soil using several sources of ancillary information

Soil Use and Management

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 405-413

  Vitharana, U W A ^a   Van Meirvenne, M ^a   Cockx, L ^a   Bourgeois, J ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic induction; Polder soil; Site specific management; Soil textural mapping

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; ARABLE LAND; CLAY MINERAL; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; MAPPING; SAMPLING; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL TEXTURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUBSOIL; TOPSOIL;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33750988759     PISSN: 02660032     EISSN: 14752743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-2743.2006.00052.x     Document Type: Article

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