Abstract
Burgess, T.M. & Webster, R. 1980. Optimal interpolation and isarithmic mapping of soil properties. I. The semi‐variogram and punctual kriging. <i>Journal of Soil Science</i>, 31, 315–331.
Highlights
This landmark paper by Burgess & Webster (1980a) signalled a new era in the spatial mapping of the soil
Soil scientists have used geostatistical prediction to map the distribution of nutrients or pests at within-field scale for precision agriculture, to delineate contaminated land, to map changes in soil properties over time at the regional scale to map the risk of problems such as salinity and even for forensic inference
This work was published in various journals of soil science, earth sciences and environmental science, but here we focus on those published in this journal, and included in the virtual special issue to accompany this Landmark paper
Summary
This landmark paper by Burgess & Webster (1980a) signalled a new era in the spatial mapping of the soil. It implies discontinuous spatial variation of the soil, and the predicted value of any soil property is a constant within any map unit.
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