Mapping peat soils in Ireland: Updating the derived Irish peat map

Irish Geography

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 343-352

  Connolly, John ^a   Holden, Nicholas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

DIPM; GIS; Ireland; Mapping; Peatland extent

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; DATABASE; DECISION ANALYSIS; GIS; PEAT SOIL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL CARBON; SOIL COVER;

IRELAND;

EID: 77949334259     PISSN: 00750778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00750770903407989     Document Type: Article

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