A gamma-ray spectrometry approach to field separation of illuviation-type WRB reference soil groups in northern Thailand

• Main Authors: Schuler U., Erbe P., Zarei M., Rangubpit W., Surinkum A., Stahr K., Herrmann L.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79960947345&partnerID=40&md5=45e8b7f69c89b2183bb61db2cdc08423; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/478
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

According to the World Reference Base for Soil Resources (IUSS Working Group WRB, 2006), the differentiation of Acrisols and Alisols is based on the cation-exchange capacity of clay, which cannot be directly determined in the field, but needs expensive and time-consuming soil-chemical analyses. This...