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Airborne gamma-ray spectrometry: Potential for regolith-soil mapping and characterization

Dominique Arrouays
François Messner
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Bertrand Laroche
Nicolas P.A Saby
Anne C Richer-De-Forges
Claudy Jolivet
Céline Ratié
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Airborne gamma-ray spectrometry provides continuous regional geochemical information (i.e. ground concentrations of Potassium (K), Thorium (Th) and Uranium (U)). In the frame of a collaboration between BRGM (the French geological survey) and INRA (the French soil institute), joint research was achieved to recognize the effect of weathering and to assess soil variability using gamma-ray data. We first document that gamma signals are clearly influenced by weathering and pedogenetic evolution. Zonal statistics performed between existing soil maps and airborne gamma-spectrometric data evidence, for a given substratum, variations of radiogenic elements consistent with soil sequences. The second result obtained demonstrates, in a sedimentary environment, the ability of gamma-spectrometric data to predict regional regolith-soil parameters. Through multiple linear regressions between ground parameter measurements and airborne gamma data, gamma-spectrometric information was clearly identified as a covariate of ground physical and chemical properties.

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hal-02741230 , version 1 (03-06-2020)

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Guillaume Martelet, P. Nehlig, Dominique Arrouays, François Messner, B. Tourliere, et al.. Airborne gamma-ray spectrometry: Potential for regolith-soil mapping and characterization. 1. GlobalSoilMap Conference, Oct 2013, Orléans, France. ⟨hal-02741230⟩
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