Landscape-scale exploratory radiometric mapping using proximal soil sensing

Geoderma

Volumn 239, Issue , 2015, Pages 115-129

  Stockmann, U ^a   Malone, B P ^a   McBratney, A B ^a   Minasny, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gamma radiometrics; Proximal soil sensing; Regional exploratory geophysical survey; Regression kriging

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS; PROXIMAL SOIL SENSING; RADIOMETRICS; REGRESSION-KRIGING;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CATCHMENT; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; KRIGING; MINERALOGY; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSOR; SOIL PROPERTY; TRANSECT;

AUSTRALIA; HUNTER VALLEY; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 84908004697     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2014.10.005     Document Type: Article

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