Machine learning for digital soil mapping: Applications, challenges and suggested solutions

AMJC Wadoux, B Minasny, AB McBratney - Earth-Science Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
The uptake of machine learning (ML) algorithms in digital soil mapping (DSM) is
transforming the way soil scientists produce their maps. Within the past two decades, soil …

Pedology and digital soil mapping (DSM)

Y Ma, B Minasny, BP Malone… - European Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Pedology focuses on understanding soil genesis in the field and includes soil classification
and mapping. Digital soil mapping (DSM) has evolved from traditional soil classification and …

Selecting appropriate machine learning methods for digital soil mapping

Y Khaledian, BA Miller - Applied Mathematical Modelling, 2020 - Elsevier
Digital soil mapping (DSM) increasingly makes use of machine learning algorithms to
identify relationships between soil properties and multiple covariates that can be detected …

Digital mapping of soil properties using multiple machine learning in a semi-arid region, central Iran

M Zeraatpisheh, S Ayoubi, A Jafari, S Tajik, P Finke - Geoderma, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Knowledge about distribution of soil properties over the landscape is required for a
variety of land management applications and resources, modeling, and monitoring …

Land suitability assessment and agricultural production sustainability using machine learning models

R Taghizadeh-Mehrjardi, K Nabiollahi, L Rasoli… - Agronomy, 2020 - mdpi.com
Land suitability assessment is essential for increasing production and planning a
sustainable agricultural system, but such information is commonly scarce in the semi-arid …

Spatial prediction of soil aggregate stability and soil organic carbon in aggregate fractions using machine learning algorithms and environmental variables

M Zeraatpisheh, S Ayoubi, Z Mirbagheri… - Geoderma …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Knowledge about the spatial variability of soil aggregate stability indices, soil
organic carbon (SOC) in various aggregate sizes, and aggregation across the landscape is …

Assessing the effects of slope gradient and land use change on soil quality degradation through digital mapping of soil quality indices and soil loss rate

K Nabiollahi, F Golmohamadi, R Taghizadeh-Mehrjardi… - Geoderma, 2018 - Elsevier
Slope gradient and land use change are known to influence soil quality and the assessment
of soil quality is important in determining sustainable land-use and soil-management …

Predicting heavy metal contents by applying machine learning approaches and environmental covariates in west of Iran

K Azizi, S Ayoubi, K Nabiollahi, Y Garosi… - Journal of Geochemical …, 2022 - Elsevier
The cuurent study was performed to predict spatial distribution of some heavy metals (Ni, Fe,
Cu, Mn) in western Iran, using environmental covariates and applying two machine learning …

Assessing the effects of deforestation and intensive agriculture on the soil quality through digital soil mapping

M Zeraatpisheh, E Bakhshandeh, M Hosseini, SM Alavi - Geoderma, 2020 - Elsevier
This study was designed to evaluate soil quality (SQ) in deforested and intensively cultured
lands in Mazandaran Province, Iran. For this purpose, three soil quality indices (SQIs …

Digital mapping of soil organic carbon using ensemble learning model in Mollisols of Hyrcanian forests, northern Iran

S Tajik, S Ayoubi, M Zeraatpisheh - Geoderma Regional, 2020 - Elsevier
This study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of the ensemble machine learning model
to predict the spatial variation of soil organic carbon (SOC) concentration in a deciduous …