A multiscale soil-landform relationship in the glacial-drift area based on digital terrain analysis and soil attributes

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science

Volumn 173, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 843-851

  Deumlich, Detlef ^a   Schmidt, Rolf ^b   Sommer, Michael ^a,c  

^a LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

^b Institute of Earth and Environmental Sciences ^*  (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Digital soil mapping; Digital terrain analysis; Glacial drift area; Soil landscape analysis; Topographic position index (TPI)

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957365112     PISSN: 14368730     EISSN: 15222624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jpln.200900094     Document Type: Article

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