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D. Ventrella

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An approach to assess soil salinisation in a catchment of south-western Sicily

2008

Settore AGR/08 - Idraulica Agraria E Sistemazioni Idraulico-Forestalisoil salinisation
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Spatial data fusion and analysis for soil characterization: a case study in a coastal basin of south-western Sicily (southern Italy)

2012

Salinization is one of the most serious problems confronting sustainable agriculture in semi-arid and arid regions. Accurate mapping of soil salinization and the associated risk represent a fundamental step in planning agricultural and remediation activities. Geostatistical analysis is very useful for soil quality assessment because it makes it possible to determine the spatial relationships between selected variables and to produce synthetic maps of spatial variation. The main objective of this paper was to map the soil salinization risk in the Delia-Nivolelli alluvial basin (south-western Sicily, southern Italy), using multivariate geostatistical techniques and a set of topographical, phy…

salinization riskSoil mapHydrologyfactor KrigingSoil salinitysalinization risk soil retention curve geostatistics factor Kriging intrinsic random functions.Soil testlcsh:SSoil scienceintrinsic random functionsGeostatisticslcsh:Plant cultureSoil qualitylcsh:AgricultureDigital soil mappingSettore AGR/08 - Idraulica Agraria E Sistemazioni Idraulico-ForestaliEnvironmental sciencegeostatisticslcsh:SB1-1110Spatial variabilitysoil retention curveAgronomy and Crop ScienceSpatial analysisItalian Journal of Agronomy
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