Combining marginal and spatial outliers identification to optimize the mapping of the regional geochemical baseline concentration of soil heavy metals

Geoderma

Volumn 148, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 413-420

  Meklit, T ^a   Van Meirvenne, M ^a   Verstraete, S ^a   Bonroy, J ^a   Tack, F ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chromium; Fuzzy classification; Geochemical baseline concentration; Marginal outliers; Robust variogram; Spatial outliers

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CHROMIUM; FUZZY SYSTEMS; HEAVY METALS; POLLUTION; RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS; SOILS;

FUZZY CLASSIFICATION; GEOCHEMICAL BASELINE CONCENTRATION; MARGINAL OUTLIERS; ROBUST VARIOGRAM; SPATIAL OUTLIERS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

CHROMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FUZZY MATHEMATICS; GEOCHEMISTRY; HEAVY METAL; MAPPING; OPTIMIZATION;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; FLANDERS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 57749120264     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2008.11.014     Document Type: Article

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