For. Akamigbo et al., SOIL VARIABILITY IN MAP UNITS DELINEATED BY AERIAL PHOTOINTERPRETATION - A CASE-STUDY IN ANAMBRA STATE, NIGERIA, Soil use and management, 10(1), 1994, pp. 6-9
The variability of five soil series developed in sedimentary formation
s in southeastern Nigeria and mapped from aerial photographs was inves
tigated in relation to texture, soil reaction, organic carbon, total n
itrogen, exchangeable bases, exchangeable acidity, cation exchange cap
acity and available phosphorus. Air photo delineation of the five soil
series was based on terrain physiography alone. Most of the soil seri
es were very variable in available phosphorus, but the coefficients of
variation for other soil properties were less than the 33% threshold
adopted for within-series homogeneity critical for land use management
. Soil series mapping at 1:50 000 scale based on aerial photographs is
therefore a cheap, rapid technique. which gives a satisfactory basis
for land management to improve productivity and decrease soil degradat
ion in Nigeria.