Computed tomography data on soil structural and hydraulic parameters assessed for spatial continuity by semivariance geostatistics

Australian Journal of Soil Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 485-493

  Rasiah, V ^a   Aylmore, L A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

CAT scanning; Conductivity; Porosity; Spatial continuity; Water content

Indexed keywords

GEOSTATISTICS; HYDRAULIC PROEPRTIES; SOIL STRUCTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031958512     PISSN: 00049573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/S97069     Document Type: Article

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