Talk:Pedotransfer function

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[edit] The first pedotransfer function

A discrepancy within WP needs to be cleared up and, ideally, verification cited:

  • From Lyman James Briggs: "In 1906 he devised a soil classification technique called the moisture equivalent based on centrifuging, which is now thought of as the first pedotransfer function."
  • From the article: "The first PTF came from the study of Lyman Briggs and McLane (1907). They determined the wilting coefficient,..." -- Paleorthid 02:46, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Plagiarism

Hi, this article, since the first edits by User:Terrarosa, has content identical to McBratney et al. (2002) . This is plagiarism, which is intolerable. Certainly, some of these sections should be rewritten, as this article is violating fair use laws.+mwtoews 21:39, 3 March 2007 (UTC)