Soil electrical conductivity as a function of soil water content and implications for soil mapping

Precision Agriculture

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 393-404

  Brevik, Eric C ^a   Fenton, Thomas E ^b   Lazari, Andreas ^a  

^a VALDOSTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrical conductivity; Electromagnetic induction; EM 38; Soil mapping

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; MAPPING; SOIL; SOIL WATER;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750994356     PISSN: 13852256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11119-006-9021-x     Document Type: Article

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