Prediction of soil depth using environmental variables in an anthropogenic landscape, a case study in the Western Ghats of Kerala, India

Catena

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-38

  Kuriakose, Sekhar L ^a   Devkota, Sanjaya ^b   Rossiter, D G ^a   Jetten, V G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b Forum for Energy and Environment Development (FEED) Ltd   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Interpolation; Kerala, India; Predictive mapping; Regolith; Regression kriging; Soil depth; The Western Ghats

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; CATCHMENT; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GAUSSIAN METHOD; LANDSCAPE; REGOLITH; SIMULATION; SOIL DEPTH; SPATIAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KERALA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 68249109185     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2009.05.005     Document Type: Article

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