Statistical Distributions of Soil Properties

McBratney, Alex B.; Minasny, Budiman; Mikheeva, Irina V.; Moyce, Melissa; Bishop, Thomas

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-63439-5_3

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“…The term pedometrics was coined in 1986 by Alex McBratney and he noted that it generally addresses the same issues as pedology but focuses on problems that can be formulated quantitatively and can be solved with mathematical and statistical techniques (McBratney et al, 2018). A definition of pedometrics is: The use of quantitative methods for the study of soil distribution and genesis and as a sustainable resource.…”

Section: New Fieldsmentioning

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Into the Pedocene—Pedology of a changing world

Hartemink

2023

European J Soil Science

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Pedology, or the study of soil, is often viewed focusing on soil formation, morphology, mapping and classification. But the study of soil has largely expanded beyond these four areas and now includes quantitative studies using soil legacy data combined with technological advances in data collection, soil sampling and computation. We have global availability of soil information and can retrieve pedological information for any location including some indication of its accuracy. Scientific and technological developments in pedology have been led by the rise of several subdisciplines including pedometrics, digital soil mapping, spectral pedology, digital soil morphometrics, hydropedology, microbial pedology, astropedology and the development of pedotransfer functions. With the expansion of pedology and its relevance for understanding the earth system and tackling global change, it is postulated that soil science has now entered the ‘Pedocene’—a soil epoch equivalent to the Anthropocene. The Pedocene is characterized by the quantitative understanding and evaluation of the global soil system, and the effects of human‐induced changes brought to soil.

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Section: New Fieldsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Into the Pedocene—Pedology of a changing world

Hartemink

2023

European J Soil Science

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Information indicators of soil texture for holistic numerical assessment of soil evolution

Mikheeva

2019

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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The concept of probabilistic determinism is proposed to overcome a problem of significant soil variability which complicates finding of adequate models of soil development. Probabilistic and information indicators as characteristics of evolution of complex systems expand borders of use of soil texture results, allowing correct comparison with other natural and artificial systems on the earth and other planets. Probability distributions, statistical entropy and information divergence of granulometric fractions’ contents are investigated. It is suggested to use these functions as statistical standards of granulometric composition for territory. Regularities of change of probability distribution functions and scale-independent information characteristics allowed receiving holistic numerical assessment of influence of processes of sedimentation, weathering and soil development also geological and contemporary deflation and anthropogenic impacts on probability structure of granulometric fractions contents.

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Statistical Distributions of Soil Properties

Cited by 2 publications

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Into the Pedocene—Pedology of a changing world

Into the Pedocene—Pedology of a changing world

Information indicators of soil texture for holistic numerical assessment of soil evolution

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