Exploring short-term soil landscape formation in the Hunter Valley, NSW, using gamma ray spectrometry

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

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 77-82

  Stockmann, U ^a   Minasny, B ^a   Mcbratney, Alex B ^a   Hancock, G R ^b   Willgoose, G R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DEPOSITION; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; GAMMA RAYS; MAPPING; RADIOISOTOPES; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS;

CHANGING ENVIRONMENT; DEPOSITION PATTERNS; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL TRACERS; FALLOUT RADIONUCLIDES; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; PROXIMAL SOIL SENSING; SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 84866419243     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1201/b12728-17     Document Type: Conference Paper

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