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Use of decision tree analysis for predictive soils mapping and implementation on the Malheur County, Oregon initial soil survey

Creator:: Hash, Sarah Jane
Abstract:: Soil surveys provide essential information for making land use and management decisions on publicly-owned lands in the semi-arid Great Basin. Soil maps produced with conventional mapping techniques are time-consuming, costly, and do not explicitly document the soil scientist's mental soil-landscape model. Predictive soils mapping using decision tree analysis (DTA) can...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Scaling, ash-driven bistability, and other agents of soilscape genesis discovered while digitally mapping soils of the Blue Mountains, Oregon

Creator:: Almquist, Vance Warner
Abstract:: This dissertation reports on four related, though separate projects. The first project details the process of carrying out a digitally augmented soil mapping (DSM) effort alongside an ongoing survey in Oregon's Ochoco National Forest (ONF) using a Random Forest algorithm. The second chapter describes a initial soil survey in Oregon's...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: National Forest-DSM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 B Eagle Cap Wilderness DSM

Towards a national map of soil liquefaction susceptibility : modeling with heuristic and geotechnical methods

Creator:: Lindsley, Adam E.
Abstract:: This study investigates the use of predictive mapping techniques as well as geotechnical criteria in developing a multiregional soil liquefaction model and subsequent maps. The maps were produced using National Cooperative Soil Survey data, in the gSSURGO format, combined with soil liquefaction data gathered from studies, articles, and traditional seismic...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ........................................102 B-1 Raw model output from final Adaptive Boosting model ...............................103

Development of predictive mapping techniques for soil survey and salinity mapping

Creator:: Elnaggar, Abdelhamid A.
Abstract:: Conventional soil maps represent a valuable source of information about soil characteristics, however they are subjective, very expensive, and time-consuming to prepare. Also, they do not include explicit information about the conceptual mental model used in developing them nor information about their accuracy, in addition to the error associated with...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Page 2.1. Environmental data used in developing soil prediction models: a) Geology, b

Paleoclimatic changes revealed by soil carbonate, and stable carbon and oxygen isotopes, Eastern Korinthia, Greece

Creator:: Bruno, Caroline R.
Abstract:: Soil carbonate is used to interpret paleoenvironmental conditions in the Eastern Korinthia, Greece, with the use of stable carbon and oxygen isotopes. The Eastern Korinthia consists of a series of marine terraces ranging in age from ~600 to 70.2 ka. The lateral stratigraphic context of the marine terraces allows the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Merging Field Work with Machine Learning : Exploring Andic Soil Development in the Cascade Range

Creator:: Osterloh, Kristopher Richard
Abstract:: Andic soils (aka Andisols) have unique properties that are important to society. For soil scientists, the genesis and taxonomy of Andisols is often confused because they can form in both volcanic and non-volcanic material. This dissertation seeks to address such confusion by looking at andic soil development in the Cascade...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Andisols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 B Environmental

Biological soil crusts in forested ecosystems of southern Oregon : presence, abundance and distribution across climate gradients

Creator:: Olarra, Jennifer A.
Abstract:: In arid and semi-arid deserts, soils are commonly covered with biological soil crusts. The study of arid biocrusts and their ecological function has become increasingly common in the literature over the last several decades. Interestingly, no mention is made of biological soil crusts in forested ecosystems, raising the question as...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: .............................................................................. 83 Appendix B: Biocrust Description Data Sheet

Spatial analysis of soil depth variability and pedogenesis along toposequences in the Troodos Mountains, Cyprus

Creator:: Robins, Colin R.
Abstract:: In unstable landscapes, modern pedological research explores the role of soils as products and indicators of geomorphologic change. Understanding the dynamics of hill slope pedogenesis is especially important in regions with limited, poor, or threatened soil resources. The island of Cyprus, situated in the eastern Mediterranean, is claimed by many...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ..............................................................82 Appendix B - Field Data and Soil Depth Analyses

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Use of decision tree analysis for predictive soils mapping and implementation on the Malheur County, Oregon initial soil survey

Scaling, ash-driven bistability, and other agents of soilscape genesis discovered while digitally mapping soils of the Blue Mountains, Oregon

Towards a national map of soil liquefaction susceptibility : modeling with heuristic and geotechnical methods

Development of predictive mapping techniques for soil survey and salinity mapping

Paleoclimatic changes revealed by soil carbonate, and stable carbon and oxygen isotopes, Eastern Korinthia, Greece

Merging Field Work with Machine Learning : Exploring Andic Soil Development in the Cascade Range

Biological soil crusts in forested ecosystems of southern Oregon : presence, abundance and distribution across climate gradients

Spatial analysis of soil depth variability and pedogenesis along toposequences in the Troodos Mountains, Cyprus

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