The effect of survey density on the results of geopedological approach in soil mapping: A case study in the Borujen region, Central Iran

Catena

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 18-26

  Esfandiarpoor Borujeni, I ^a   Salehi, Mohammad H ^a   Toomanian, N ^b   Mohammadi, J ^a   Poch, R M ^c  

^a SHAHREKORD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b Isfahan Agricultural Research Center   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Generalization area; Geopedology; Soil mapping scale; Validation area

Indexed keywords

PEDOLOGY; SAMPLING; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL SURVEY;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 68049126145     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2009.05.003     Document Type: Article

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