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MORPHOSERIES FOR SOIL MONITORING IN THE EUROPEAN ALPS - A CASE STUDY IN THE MONTAFON, AUSTRIA (2004)

The importance of soil protection is internationally recognised as soils are vital non-renewable resources that are increasingly under pressure. This study aims to develop a monitoring system for Alpine soils based on soil-landscape relationships and geomorphological knowledge.This paper presents a method to capture geomorphological knowledge in a map in 
order to create a soil map in high Alpine regions by using morphoseries. These are zonations of units with homogeneous morphological properties on mountainous slopes that are placed within a multi-hierarchical landscape system.
Reference:
Briefing Papers of the third SCAPE workshop. SCAPE, Schruns (AT), 11-13 October 2004: pp. 97-104.
Organization:
University of Amsterdam, IBED – Physical Geography, The Netherlands
Netherlands
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