Modelling soil-regolith thickness in complex weathered landscapes of the central Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia

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

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 69-75

  Wilford, J ^a   Thomas, M ^b  

^a GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION TREES; FORESTRY; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; GAMMA RAYS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; MAPPING; PIECEWISE LINEAR TECHNIQUES; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOIL SURVEYS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; WEATHERING;

CLIMATIC GRADIENTS; DIGITAL SOIL MAPPINGS; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; GROUNDWATER SALINITIES; HYDRO-ECOLOGICAL MODELLING; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTIONS; WATER HOLDING CAPACITY; WEATHERING PROCESS;

SOILS;

DECISION MAKING; FORESTRY; GROUND WATER; MAPPING; MEASUREMENT; SOIL; THICKNESS; TREES; WEATHERING;

EID: 84866412128     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1201/b12728-16     Document Type: Conference Paper

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