The challenges of collating legacy data for digital mapping of Nigerian soils

Digital Soil Assessments and Beyond - Proceedings of the Fifth Global Workshop on Digital Soil Mapping

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 453-458

  Odeh, Inakwu O A ^a   Leenaars, Johan ^b   Hartemink, Alfred ^c   Amapu, Ishaku ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; MAPPING; SOIL SURVEYS;

DEVELOPING WORLD; DIGITAL MAPPING; DIGITAL SOIL MAPPINGS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INFORMATION PRESERVATIONS; LEGACY SOIL DATUM; SOIL DATABASE; SOIL PROFILES;

SOILS;

EID: 84866407369     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1201/b12728-88     Document Type: Conference Paper

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