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The deduction of soil profile properties from landscape aspects bears some resemblance to the recognition of deep seated illnesses by means of exterior body signs. For both purposes signs of the existence of hidden properties are sought out whose indicator quality was previously established either by rational deduction or by experience. In both cases it is admitted that external signs alone are not yet able to provide unambiguous identifications — there is some doubt as to whether this could ever be the case — but constant efforts are being made in order to render symptom recording, data retrieval and correlation, as precise and as objective as possible. Non-destructive systems capable of probing in depth, and methods of pertinent deductive reasoning utilizing any new form of reliable input data, are welcome.
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D’Hoore, J.L. (1977). Soil Diagnosis through Remote Sensing. In: Clough, D.J., Morley, L.W. (eds) Earth Observation Systems for Resource Management and Environmental Control. NATO Conference Series, vol 4. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-8864-1_18
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