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Volume: 63 (1979)

Issue: 3. (March)

First Page: 521

Last Page: 522

Title: Soil Regimes of Tazirbu Region of Central Libya Determined from LANDSAT Imagery: ABSTRACT

Author(s): Previous HitJillTop T. Schlaefer

Article Type: Meeting abstract

Abstract:

A preliminary study of the Tazirbu region of Libya using color-processed, LANDSAT 1:250,000-scale imagery has produced a practical and potentially useful map of soils in a 10,000-sq km tract. Soil types were mapped by tonal differentiation and substantiated by ground samples where available. The map may help delineate changes in the clay/silt fraction of the sandy soils that dominate the surface of the area. Anomalous color keys characterize vegetation of sufficient density to be registered by imagery. Wind direction represents a prime investigative and interpretive tool. Land-use planning, now being undertaken by the Libyan government, can be simplified by restricting the initial reconnaissance

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area, delineating areas of clay- and silt-rich soils suitable for irrigation and crop yield, denoting locations free from encroaching sand seas, and providing transportation and accessibility estimates.

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