Tropical soils and landmine detection - An approach for a classification system

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 151-159

  Preetz, Holger ^a   Altfelder, Sven ^b   Igel, Jan ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED GEOPHYSICS   (Germany)

^b Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVES; MAGNETITE; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; WEATHERING;

LANDMINE DETECTION; SOIL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM;

SOIL SURVEYS;

EXPLOSIVES; MAGNETITE; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SOIL SURVEYS; WEATHERING;

CLASSIFICATION; DETECTION METHOD; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; LANDMINE; MAGNETITE; PARENT MATERIAL; PEDOGENESIS; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL CLASSIFICATION; TROPICAL SOIL; WEATHERING;

EID: 38349171234     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2007.0065     Document Type: Article

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