Mapping the subaqueous soils of lake champlain's missisquoi bay using ground- penetrating radar, digital soil mapping and field measurements

Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 323-332

  Libohova, Zamir ^a   Doolittle, James ^a   Sims, Reed ^a   Villars, Thomas ^a   West, Larry T ^b  

^a USDA NRCS   (United States)

^b USDA NRCS ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUTROPHICATION; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; RADAR; SILT; WATER QUALITY;

AQUATIC VEGETATION; DEPOSITIONAL AREAS; DIGITAL SOIL MAPPINGS; FIELD MEASUREMENT; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PENETRATING RADAR; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES;

VEGETATION;

ALGAE;

EID: 84898418546     PISSN: 00991112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14358/PERS.80.4.323     Document Type: Article

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