Assessing geopedological soil mapping approach by statistical and geostatistical methods: A case study in the Borujen region, Central Iran

Catena

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-14

  Esfandiarpoor Borujeni, I ^a   Mohammadi, J ^a   Salehi, M H ^a   Toomanian, N ^b   Poch, R M ^c  

^a SHAHREKORD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Center   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Central Iran; Generalization area; Geopedology; Geostatistical methods; Statistical methods; Validation area

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952052157     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2010.03.006     Document Type: Article

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