Weighted sample variograms as a tool to better assess the spatial variability of soil properties

Geoderma

Volumn 140, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 81-89

  Emery, Xavier ^a   Ortiz, Julián M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Declustered sample variogram; Geostatistics; Irregular sampling design; Spatial correlation; Variogram analysis

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; DATA REDUCTION; HEAVY METALS; SOIL POLLUTION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DECLUSTERED SAMPLE VARIOGRAM; GEOSTATISTICS; IRREGULAR SAMPLING DESIGN; SPATIAL CORRELATION; VARIOGRAM ANALYSIS;

SOIL MECHANICS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTAMINATED LAND; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEAVY METAL; MODELING; SAMPLING; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL PROPERTY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; VARIOGRAM;

EID: 34249313646     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2007.03.002     Document Type: Article

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