Estimating soil mass fractal dimensions from water retention curves

Geoderma

Volumn 88, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 221-231

  Perfect, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Moisture characteristic; Oven drying; Pore size distribution; Prefractals

Indexed keywords

FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL PROPERTY;

EID: 0032915052     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7061(98)00128-1     Document Type: Article

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