Linking spatial patterns of soil organic carbon to topography - A case study from south-eastern Spain

Geomorphology

Volumn 126, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 252-263

  Schwanghart, Wolfgang ^a   Jarmer, Thomas ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Digital terrain analysis; Hyperspectral remote sensing; Semi arid regions; Soil organic carbon; Spatial prediction; Terrain classification

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; GEOSTATISTICS; HILLSLOPE; ORGANIC CARBON; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TOPSOIL;

SPAIN;

EID: 78650889785     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.11.008     Document Type: Article

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