Mapping soil salinity and pH across an estuarine and alluvial plain using electromagnetic and digital elevation model data

Soil Use and Management

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 394-402

  Huang, J ^a   Wong, V N L ^b   Triantafilis, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coastal acid sulphate soils; Digital elevation model; Electromagnetic induction; EM38; pH

Indexed keywords

ACID SULFATE SOIL; ALLUVIAL PLAIN; COAST; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DRAINAGE; LANDSCAPE; MAPPING; OXIDATION; PH; SALINITY; URBANIZATION; WATER TABLE;

EID: 84906941788     PISSN: 02660032     EISSN: 14752743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sum.12122     Document Type: Article

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