Spatial Prediction of Soil Aggregate Stability and Aggregate-Associated Organic Carbon Content at the Catchment Scale Using Geostatistical Techniques

Pedosphere

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 389-399

  Mohammadi, J ^a   Motaghian, M H ^a  

^a SHAHREKORD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Kriging; Organic matter; Variogram; Water stable aggregates

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE STABILITY; CATCHMENT; DIAMETER; FRACTIONATION; GEOSTATISTICS; KRIGING; LAND USE; MAGNITUDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGIONALIZATION; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL STABILIZATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; VARIOGRAM;

EID: 79955457962     PISSN: 10020160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1002-0160(11)60140-9     Document Type: Article

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