Identifying common near-surface and subsurface stratigraphic units using EM34 signal data and fuzzy k-means analysis in the Darling River valley

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 535-558

  Triantafilis, J ^a   Buchanan, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic induction; EM34; Fuzzy k mean; Irrigation salinity; Paleochannels; Prior stream channels; Soil salinisation; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CENOZOIC; CRETACEOUS; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; KRIGING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MOBILIZATION; NUMERICAL METHOD; PALEOCHANNEL; SALINIZATION; STRATIGRAPHY; STREAM CHANNEL; WATER BUDGET;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; DARLING RIVER;

EID: 70449419940     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120090902806289     Document Type: Article

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