Spatial distribution of soil aggregate stability (MWD) as compared to particle size distribution (PSD) using geostatistics

Authors

  • Abbas Yekzaban Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Guilan, Rasht, IRAN
  • Mahmoud Shabanpour Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Guilan, Rasht, IRAN
  • Naser Davatgar Department of Soil and Water Research, Rice Research Institute of Iran (IRRI), Rasht, IRAN

Keywords:

interpolation, Ordinary Kriging, SemiVariogram, Soil texture

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Published

2014-07-26

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Yekzaban, A. ., Shabanpour, M. ., & Davatgar, N. . (2014). Spatial distribution of soil aggregate stability (MWD) as compared to particle size distribution (PSD) using geostatistics. Scientific Journal of Environmental Sciences, 3(4), 28-35. Retrieved from http://sjournals.com/index.php/sjes/article/view/1250

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