Preliminary mapping and characterisation of soils in the Pirin Mountains (Bulgaria)

Journal of Mountain Science

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 122-129

  Läßiger, Maika ^a   Scheithauer, Jörg ^b   Grunewald, Karsten ^b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Landscape Research Centre Dresden   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Hypsometric soil differentiation; Soil mapping; Southeast Europe

Indexed keywords

EID: 44849109579     PISSN: 16726316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11629-008-0133-9     Document Type: Article

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