Regional regolith parameter prediction using the proxy of airborne gamma ray spectrometry

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Martelet, Guillaume ^a   Drufin, Sébastien ^a   Tourliere, Bruno ^a   Saby, Nicolas P A ^b   Perrin, José ^a   Deparis, Jacques ^a   Prognon, François ^a   Jolivet, Claudy ^b   Ratié, Céline ^b   Arrouays, Dominique ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^b Centre de recherche d'Orléans   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; MINERAL ASSEMBLAGE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSIONS; NATURAL GAMMA RAY; PARAMETER PREDICTION; SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENT; SPECTROMETRIC DATA; STANDARD DEVIATION;

CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; GAMMA RAYS; LEAD; MICA; STRONTIUM; WEATHERING;

MAGNESIUM;

METAL; MINERALOGY; MUSCOVITE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PREDICTION; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; REGOLITH; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEXTURE; SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84887687715     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2013.01.0003     Document Type: Article

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