The surface fractal dimension of the soil-pore interface as measured by image analysis

Geoderma

Volumn 103, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 203-229

  Dathe, A ^a   Eins, S ^a   Niemeyer, J ^b   Gerold, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Box counting; Dilation; Fractal dimension; Image analysis; Scanning electron microscopy (SEM); Soil pore interface

Indexed keywords

FRACTAL ANALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PORE SPACE; SOIL STRUCTURE;

GERMANY;

EID: 0034893209     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7061(01)00077-5     Document Type: Article

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