Soil Landscapes of Canada: Building a national framework for environmental information

Geomatica

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 293-309

  Schut, Peter ^a   Smith, Scott ^a   Fraser, Walter ^a   Geng, Xiaoyuan ^a   Kroetsch, David ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL AREAS; AGRICULTURAL CROPS; AGRICULTURAL POLICIES; AGRICULTURAL ZONES; CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING; LAND MANAGEMENTS; LANDSCAPE ATTRIBUTES; LANDSCAPE INFORMATION; PARENT MATERIALS; RELATIONAL DATA; SOIL CARBON SEQUESTRATION; SOIL COMPONENTS; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL MAPS; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL QUALITY; SPATIAL MODELLING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CROPS; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION SERVICES; LANDFORMS;

SOILS;

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATABASE; GIS; LAND MANAGEMENT; POLYGON; SOIL CARBON; SOIL CLASSIFICATION; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL QUALITY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

CANADA;

EID: 84862908764     PISSN: 11951036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5623/cig2011-045     Document Type: Conference Paper

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