Assessment of biogeochemical soil variability using a geostatistical approach: a case study in the steppe Crimea

Abstract

The present study aimed to develop an approach to simulation of the spatial variability of soil quality using geo-statistical modeling. The raster models of continuous distribution of soil quality parameters, which have been developed using modules Spatial Analyst, and Geostatistical Analyst have established soils qualitative differences with due account for the length of their treatment, source of potential nutrients for plants and specificity of parent rocks