CHAPTER 14: Remote Sensing of Soil, Minerals, and Geomorphology
CHAPTER 14: Remote Sensing of Soil, Minerals, and Geomorphology
CHAPTER 14: Remote Sensing of Soil, Minerals, and Geomorphology
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<strong>Soil</strong> Texture Triangle<br />
100<br />
90<br />
10<br />
80<br />
20<br />
70<br />
30 read<br />
Clay<br />
60<br />
40<br />
50<br />
50<br />
read<br />
silty<br />
40 s<strong>and</strong>y<br />
clay 60<br />
clay<br />
30 clay loam<br />
silty clay<br />
70<br />
s<strong>and</strong>y clay<br />
loam<br />
20<br />
loam<br />
80<br />
Loam silt loam<br />
10<br />
s<strong>and</strong>y<br />
90<br />
loamy loam<br />
Silt<br />
S<strong>and</strong> s<strong>and</strong><br />
Clay (%)<br />
100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10<br />
S<strong>and</strong> (%)<br />
read<br />
Silt (%)<br />
100<br />
Total Upwelling Radiance (L t )Recorded<br />
by a<br />
<strong>Remote</strong> <strong>Sensing</strong> System over Exposed <strong>Soil</strong> is<br />
a Function <strong>of</strong> Electromagnetic Energy from<br />
Several Sources<br />
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