Understanding airborne radiometric survey signals across part of eastern England

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1503-1515

  Rawlins, B G ^a   Lark, R M ^b   Webster, R ^b  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coregionalization; Geochemistry; Geostatistics; REML; Soil mapping

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; MAPPING; POTASSIUM; RADIOMETRY; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; THORIUM; URANIUM;

COREGIONALIZATION; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; GEOSTATISTICS;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

CORRELATION METHODS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; MAPPING; POTASSIUM; RADIOMETRY; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; THORIUM; URANIUM;

GEOSTATISTICS; MODELING; RADIOMETRIC SURVEY; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SPATIAL DATA; SPATIAL VARIATION; THEMATIC MAPPING;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34548631768     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1468     Document Type: Article

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