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Assessment of spatial variability and mapping of soil texture in western of Syria using geographic information system techniques (GIS)
Author
Source
Journal of Engineering Sciences and Information Technology
Issue
Vol. 1, Issue 1 (30 Apr. 2017), pp.35-47, 13 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2017-04-30
Country of Publication
Palestine (Gaza Strip)
No. of Pages
13
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The study aimed to study the spatial variability of soil texture for soils around AL-Basel Lake in Safita Region which located in Tartous Governorate west of Syrian Arab Republic.
Spatial maps of soil properties are invaluable in agricultural Production for assessing soil quality, planning land use and determining the suitability of cropping patterns.
Geostatistics has been extensively used for quantifying the spatial pattern of soil properties and Inverse Distance Weight technique are proving sufficiently robust for estimating values at unsampled locations.
The experiment was conducted on the soils of villages around AL-Basel lake The aim of this work is to study the spatial variability of soil texture.
For this purpose ,90 Samples were collected.
Results of Laboratory analysis of studied indexes were imported into ArcGis9.3 software and presented in form of Digital Maps that show the spatial Distribution of soil texture using Geostatistical Analyst and Inverse Distance Weight method was used in the Spatial Interpolation.
Results of texture analysis showed that the soils have a texture between Loam and Silty Loam.
Geostatistical analyst was used for unsampled points.
Since 70.94 % of study area has Sand percentage (30-40) %, for Silt 57.73 % of study area has Silt percentage (40-50)% ,for Clay 71.97% of study area has Clay percentage (10-20)%,81.76% of study area has loam texture.
This study thus provided a methodology that can help improve the accuracy and efficiency of soil texture mapping in areas using.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Salih, Khuzami Barakat. 2017. Assessment of spatial variability and mapping of soil texture in western of Syria using geographic information system techniques (GIS). Journal of Engineering Sciences and Information Technology،Vol. 1, no. 1, pp.35-47.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-903150
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Salih, Khuzami Barakat. Assessment of spatial variability and mapping of soil texture in western of Syria using geographic information system techniques (GIS). Journal of Engineering Sciences and Information Technology Vol. 1, no. 1 (Apr. 2017), pp.35-47.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-903150
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Salih, Khuzami Barakat. Assessment of spatial variability and mapping of soil texture in western of Syria using geographic information system techniques (GIS). Journal of Engineering Sciences and Information Technology. 2017. Vol. 1, no. 1, pp.35-47.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-903150
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 46-47
Record ID
BIM-903150