Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Heavy Metals in Arid Soils at the Catchment Scale Using Digital Soil Assessment and a Random Forest Model - Taghizadeh-Mehrjardi, Ruhollah; Fathizad, Hassan; Ali Hakimzadeh Ardakani, Mohammad; Sodaiezadeh, Hamid; Kerry, Ruth; Heung, Brandon; Scholten, Thomas (Remote sensing (Basel, Switzerland), 2021)
Keywords: algorithms; Arid regions; Arid zones; Catchment scale; Chemical contaminants; Contaminants; Contamination; Digital Elevation Models; digital soil mapping; Geology; georeferencing; Groundwater; Heavy metals; Hypercubes; Industrial development; Iran; Land use; Latin hypercube sampling; Lead; machine learning; Manganese; Metals; Nickel; Pollutants; Pollution control; Pollution sources; random forest; Remote sensing; Salinity; Sampling methods; Sediments; soil absorbable heavy metals; Soil contamination; Soil pollution; Soils; Spatial distribution; Temporal distribution; Trends; watersheds; Iran