Use of a fractal model for determining soil water retention curves

Geoderma

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 307-323

  Comegna, Vincenzo ^a   Damiani, Paolo ^a   Sommella, Angelo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fragmentation fractal dimension; Pore size distribution; Water retention curve

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; ITALY; MODEL; SOIL; WATER RETENTION;

FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL WATER; WATER RETENTION;

EID: 0031658544     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7061(98)00028-7     Document Type: Article

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