Detecting, correcting and interpreting the biases of measured soil profile data: A case study in the cap bon region (Tunisia)

Geoderma

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 68-76

  Ciampalini, Rossano ^a   Lagacherie, Philippe ^b   Gomez, Cecile ^a   Grünberger, Olivier ^a   Hamrouni, Mohamed Hédi ^c   Mekki Insaf, I ^d   Richard, Antoine ^e  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b UMR LISAH   (France)

^c Ministry of Agriculture   (Tunisia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

^e CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Digital soil mapping; Legacy data; Soil properties; Soil spatial variability

Indexed keywords

MAPPING; SOIL TESTING; SOILS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

CORRECTION ALGORITHMS; DIGITAL SOIL MAPPINGS; FIELD DATA COLLECTION; LEGACY DATA; OPERATIONAL APPLICATIONS; SOIL PROPERTY; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; STOCHASTIC SIMULATION ALGORITHMS;

SOIL SURVEYS;

ALGORITHM; DATA INTERPRETATION; DATA SET; DETECTION METHOD; DIGITAL MAP; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL SURFACE; SOIL SURVEY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

CAPE BON; NABEUL; TUNISIA;

EID: 84869124896     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2012.07.022     Document Type: Article

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