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Workflow to predict geochemical distributions of soil

December 19, 2025

Mapping soil geochemistry across large spatial extents is essential for understanding mineral distributions and their environmental implications. However, rasters of soil geochemical distributions for the United States are limited. We present a Bayesian modeling framework for generating predictive geochemical distribution maps using integrated nested Laplace approximation in R (R-INLA).

Publication Year 2025
Title Workflow to predict geochemical distributions of soil
DOI 10.5066/P1EDWMMF
Authors William D Walter, Kristin Bondo
Product Type Software Release
Record Source USGS Asset Identifier Service (AIS)
USGS Organization Cooperative Research Units Program
Rights This work is marked with CC0 1.0 Universal
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