Soil properties and their spatial pattern in an oasis on the lower reaches of the Tarim River, northwest China

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 97, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1915-1922

  Zhou, H H ^a   Chen, Y N ^a   Li, W H ^a  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

Author keywords

Arid area; Groundwater; Land use type; Semivariograms; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

ARID AREA; CLAY PARTICLES; GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; GEOSTATISTICAL METHOD; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; KRIGING; LAND USE TYPE; NORTHWEST CHINA; ONE-WAY ANOVA; SALT CONTENT; SEMIVARIOGRAMS; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL SAMPLE; SOIL TEXTURES; SOIL WATER; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATIONS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SURFACE SOIL; TARIM RIVER; TOTAL NITROGEN;

ARID REGIONS; AUTOCORRELATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; IRRIGATION; LAND USE; ORCHARDS; ORGANIC CARBON; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL MOISTURE; TEXTURES; UNDERWATER SOILS;

SOIL SURVEYS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CLAY; GEOSTATISTICS; GIS; GROUNDWATER; HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; KRIGING; LAND USE; OASIS; ORCHARD; SALT; SILT; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TEXTURE; SOIL WATER; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

CHINA; TARIM RIVER; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 77955768501     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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