Using Geostatistics and Geographic Information System Techniques to Characterize Spatial Variability of Soil Properties, Including Micronutrients

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1273-1281

  Foroughifar, H ^a   Jafarzadeh, A A ^a   Torabi, H ^b   Pakpour, A ^a   Miransari, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRJAND   (Iran)

^b SHAHED UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Geostatistics; GIS; micronutrients; soil properties; spatial variability

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GEOSTATISTICS; GIS; PEDOGENESIS; SOFTWARE; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL PROPERTY; SPATIAL VARIATION; TRACE ELEMENT;

EAST AZERBAIJAN; IRAN; TABRIZ;

EID: 84876032246     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: 15322416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00103624.2012.758279     Document Type: Article

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