Spatial soil zinc content distribution from terrain parameters: A GIS-based decision-tree model in Lebanon

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 520-528

  Bou Kheir, Rania ^a,b   Greve, Mogens H ^b   Abdallah, Chadi ^c   Dalgaard, Tommy ^b  

^a LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Decision tree model; GIS; Soil pollution; Terrain analysis; Zn concentration

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION LEVELS; DECISION-TREE MODEL; HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION; LAND COVER/USE; LEBANON; ORGANIC MATTER; REGULATORY BODIES; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; SLOPE GRADIENTS; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL TYPES; TERRAIN ANALYSIS; TREE MODELS; ZINC CONCENTRATION; ZINC CONTENT;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; HEAVY METALS; LANDFORMS; LITHOLOGY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOILS; ZINC;

SOIL POLLUTION;

HEAVY METAL; ORGANIC MATTER; ZINC;

DECISION ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; GIS; HEAVY METAL; ORGANIC MATTER; PH; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TYPE; TERRAIN; ZINC;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DECISION TREE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GOVERNMENT; LAND USE; LEBANON; PREDICTION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; WASTE;

ALGORITHMS; DECISION TREES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHY; LEBANON; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; ZINC;

LEBANON;

EID: 74249083880     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.08.009     Document Type: Article

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