Use of bayesian methods to model soil aggregation in undisturbed semiarid Grasslands

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1707-1714

  Wick, Abbey F ^a   Huzurbazar, Snehalata V ^b   Stahl, Peter D ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

EC, Electrical conductivity; IPOM, Intraaggregate particulate organic matter; LF, Light fraction; MCMC, Markov chain monte carlo; OM, organic matter; POM, Particulate organic matter; SPT, Sodium polytungstate

Indexed keywords

EC, ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; IPOM, INTRAAGGREGATE PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; LF, LIGHT FRACTION; MCMC, MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO; OM, ORGANIC MATTER; POM, PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; SPT, SODIUM POLYTUNGSTATE;

AGGREGATES; BAYESIAN NETWORKS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CLAY MINERALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; MARKOV PROCESSES; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SILT; SODIUM; STATISTICAL TESTS; TEXTURES;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

AGGREGATE STABILITY; AGGREGATION; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GRASSLAND; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; SANDY CLAY LOAM; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TEXTURE; SOIL TYPE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 69949160113     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2008.0185     Document Type: Article

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