Why effective medium theory fails in granular materials

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 83, Issue 24, 1999, Pages 5070-5073

  Makse, Hernán A ^a   Gland, Nicolas ^a,b   Johnson, David L ^a   Schwartz, Lawrence M ^a  

^a SCHLUMBERGER DOLL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

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EID: 0001545908     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.5070     Document Type: Article

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