A procedure for mapping the depth to the texture contrast horizon of duplex soils in south-western Australia using ground penetrating radar, GPS and kriging

Australian Journal of Soil Research

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 613-621

  Simeoni, M A ^a   Galloway, P D ^b   O'Neil, A J ^c   Gilkes, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c DownUnder GeoSolutions   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clay; Duplex B; Ground penetrating radar; Mapping.

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE MAPPING; DATA COLLECTION; DUPLEX B; DUPLEX SOILS; GPS DATA; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; HORIZON MAP; KRIGING; LATERAL VARIATIONS; LINE SPACING; MAP QUALITY; MATERIAL COMPOSITIONS; POST-PROCESSING PROCEDURE; SEISMIC SURVEYS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ANTENNA GROUNDS; CLAY MINERALS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MAPPING; RADAR; SOILS; TEXTURES;

RADAR ANTENNAS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CLAY; DATA PROCESSING; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GPS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; KRIGING; NATURAL RESOURCE; SEISMIC SURVEY; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL TEXTURE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 70350103508     PISSN: 00049573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SR08241     Document Type: Article

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