Digital soil mapping at a national scale: A knowledge and GIS based approach to improving parent material and property information

Digital Soil Mapping with Limited Data

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 173-182

  Lawley, R ^a   Smith, B ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 56249144861     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-8592-5_14     Document Type: Chapter

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