Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 557 pages) : illustrations |
Series |
Australian soil and land survey handbook ; v. 2 |
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Australian soil and land survey handbook ; v. 2.
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Contents |
Contents; Acknowledgements; Contributors; Part 1: Introduction; 1 Rationale; 2 Approaches to land resource survey; 3 Scale; Part 2: Landscape context and remote sensing; 4 Geology, geomorphology and regolith; 5 Soil and landscape processes; 6 Digital terrain analysis; 7 Hydrology; 8 Vegetation; 9 Land use mapping; 10 Remote sensing with air photography; 11 Remote sensing with imaging spectroscopy; 12 Temporal analysis with remote sensing; 13 Remote sensing with gamma-ray spectrometry; Part 3: Survey mechanics; 14 Survey specification and planning; 15 Survey resources; 16 Field operations |
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17 Measuring soil18 Qualitative survey; 19 Classifying soil and land; Part 4: Digital soil mapping and pedometrics; 20 Sampling using statistical methods; 21 Statistical analysis; 22 Predicting soil properties using pedotransfer functions and environmental correlation; 23 Geostatistics; 24 Analysing uncertainty; 25 Information management; 26 Synthesis studies: making the most of existing data; Colour plates; Part 5: Land evaluation; 27 Conventional land evaluation; 28 Quantitative land evaluation; 29 Intensive survey for agricultural management; 30 Monitoring soil and land condition |
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31 Legal and planning framework32 Communication; Index |
Summary |
Provides guidelines to promote the development and implementation of consistent methods and standards for conducting soil and land resource surveys in Australia |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Soil surveys -- Australia -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Land use surveys -- Australia -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Landforms -- Australia -- Classification -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Agronomy -- Soil Science.
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Land use surveys
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Landforms -- Classification
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Soil surveys
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Australia
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Genre/Form |
handbooks.
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Handbooks and manuals
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Guides et manuels.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
McKenzie, Neil, 1958-
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ISBN |
9780643095809 |
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0643095802 |
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9781613443330 |
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1613443331 |
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9780643090910 |
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0643090916 |
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