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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 />

4

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