Exploring the spatial variability of soil properties in an Alfisol soil catena

Catena

Volumn 150, Issue , 2017, Pages 53-61

  Rosemary, F ^a   Vitharana, U W A ^a   Indraratne, S P ^b   Weerasooriya, R ^a   Mishra, U ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geo statistical analysis; Land uses; Soil catena; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

ALFISOL; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; KRIGING; LAND USE; SOIL PROPERTY; SPATIAL VARIATION; TOPSOIL; VARIOGRAM;

SRI LANKA;

EID: 84994574798     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2016.10.017     Document Type: Article

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