eprintid: 7233
rev_number: 8
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userid: 128
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datestamp: 2013-11-08 03:51:48
lastmod: 2013-11-08 03:51:48
status_changed: 2013-11-08 03:51:48
type: article
metadata_visibility: show
contact_email: Library-ICRISAT@CGIAR.ORG
creators_name: Mehnatkesh, A
creators_name: Ayoubi, S
creators_name: Jalalian, A
creators_name: Sahrawat, K L
icrisatcreators_name: Sahrawat, K L
affiliation: IsfahanUniversity of Technology(Isfahan)
affiliation: ICRISAT(Patancheru)
country: Iran
country: India
title: Relationships between soil depth and terrain attributes in a semi arid hilly region in western Iran
ispublished: pub
subjects: s2.11
full_text_status: restricted
keywords: Soil depth prediction; Topographic
attributes; Digital elevation model; Soil-landscape
model
abstract: Soil depth generally varies in mountainous regions in rather complex ways. Conventional soil survey methods for evaluating the soil depth in mountainous and hilly regions require a lot of time, effort and consequently relatively large budget to perform. This study was conducted to explore the relationships between soil depth and topographic attributes in a hilly region in western Iran. For this, one hundred sampling points were selected using randomly stratified methodology, and considering all geomorphic surfaces including summit, shoulder, backslope, footslope and toeslope; and soil depth was actually measured. Eleven primary and secondary topographic attributes were derived from the digital elevation model (DEM) at the study area. The result of multiple linear regression indicated that slope, wetness index, catchment area and sediment transport index, which were included in the model, could explain about 76 % of total variability in soil depth at the selected site. This proposed approach may be applicable to other hilly regions in the semi-arid areas at a larger scale.
date: 2013
date_type: published
publication: Journal of Mountain Science
volume: 10
number: 1
publisher: Springer Verlag
pagerange: 163-172
refereed: TRUE
issn: 1672-6316
official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11629-013-2427-9
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citation:   Mehnatkesh, A and Ayoubi, S and Jalalian, A and Sahrawat, K L  (2013) Relationships between soil depth and terrain attributes in a semi arid hilly region in western Iran.  Journal of Mountain Science, 10 (1).  pp. 163-172.  ISSN 1672-6316     
document_url: http://oar.icrisat.org/7233/1/J-mt-Sci-2013_10_163-172.pdf