Two-dimensional Markov chain simulation of soil type spatial distribution

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1479-1490

  Li, Weidong ^a   Zhang, Chuanrong ^b   Burt, James E ^a   Zhu, A Xing ^c   Feyen, Jan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; LAND MANAGEMENT; SOIL TEXTURAL CLASSES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

SOILS;

MAPPING; MARKOV CHAIN; SOIL TYPE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 4544346309     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2004.1479     Document Type: Article

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