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CHEMICAL DISCRIMINATION OF TERRA ROSSAS AND RENDZINAS
Author(s) -
OERTEL A. C.
Publication year - 1961
Publication title -
journal of soil science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.244
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1365-2389
pISSN - 0022-4588
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2389.1961.tb00901.x
Subject(s) - discriminant function analysis , discriminant , linear discriminant analysis , geography , mathematics , statistics , artificial intelligence , computer science
Summary One of the discriminant functions of mathematical statistics is used in a re‐examination of the chemical features of some terra rossas and rendzinas from South Australia. The results indicate that these soils constitute a bimodal group chemically. Dichotomy is therefore justifiable on chemical as well as on mor‐phological grounds. The use of a discriminant function in taxonomic work is illustrated by an application to some extra‐Australian terra rossas and rendzinas. The result suggests that soils with similar morphological features usually have similar chemical features.