Zeinab Jafarian Jeloudar and Hossien Kavianpoor and Abazar Esmali Ouri and Ataollah Kavian
Spatial Variability of Some Soil Properties in Mountain Rangelands of Northern Iran
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2012
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International Journal of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
https://publications.waset.org/pdf/3439
https://publications.waset.org/vol/68
World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
In this paper spatial variability of some chemical and
physical soil properties were investigated in mountain rangelands of
Nesho, Mazandaran province, Iran. 110 soil samples from 030 cm
depth were taken with systematic method on grid 30×30 m2 in
regions with different vegetation cover and transported to laboratory.
Then soil chemical and physical parameters including Acidity (pH),
Electrical conductivity, Caco3, Bulk density, Particle density, total
phosphorus, total Nitrogen, available potassium, Organic matter,
Saturation moisture, Soil texture (percentage of sand, silt and clay),
Sodium, Calcium, magnesium were measured in laboratory. Data
normalization was performed then was done statistical analysis for
description of soil properties and geostatistical analysis for indication
spatial correlation between these properties and were perpetrated
maps of spatial distribution of soil properties using Kriging method.
Results indicated that in the study area Saturation moisture and
percentage of Sand had highest and lowest spatial correlation
respectively.
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