A combination of laser technology and fractals to analyse soil surface roughness

European Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 197-202

  Pardini, G ^a,c   Gallart, F ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FACTAL ANALYSIS; LASER PROFILING; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

EID: 0031863895     PISSN: 13510754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2389.1998.00149.x     Document Type: Article

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