Soil geomorphology: Identifying relations between the scale of spatial variation and soil processes using the variogram

Geomorphology

Volumn 130, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 40-54

  Kerry, Ruth ^a,b   Oliver, Margaret A ^c  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geostatistics; Soil geomorphology; Soil processes; Variogram

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY; GEOSTATISTICS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PARENT MATERIAL; SOIL TEXTURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TOPSOIL; VARIOGRAM;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79955753028     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.10.002     Document Type: Article

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