The 'Loughborough Loess' Monte Carlo model of soil structure

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 345-352

  Dibben, S C ^a   Jefferson, I F ^a   Smalley, I J ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCOLLAPSE; LOESS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031757444     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-3004(97)00118-0     Document Type: Article

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