Delesse principle and statistical fractal sets: 1. Dimensional equivalents

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 255-266

  Oleschko, Klaudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Delesse and Rosiwal principles; Dimensional equivalents; Fractal set

Indexed keywords

FRACTAL ANALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SOIL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032477361     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-1987(98)00179-2     Document Type: Article

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