Articles | Volume 8, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-8-583-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-8-583-2017
Research article
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09 May 2017
Research article |  | 09 May 2017

Identification of regional soil quality factors and indicators: a case study on an alluvial plain (central Turkey)

Cevdet Şeker, Hasan Hüseyin Özaytekin, Hamza Negiş, İlknur Gümüş, Mert Dedeoğlu, Emel Atmaca, and Ümmühan Karaca

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