A prefractal model for predicting soil fragment mass-size distributions

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 64, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 79-90

  Perfect, E ^a   Diaz Zorita M ^b   Grove, J H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drop shatter; Fractals; Fragmentation; Pore size distribution; Soil structure; Tillage

Indexed keywords

FRAGMENTATION; PORE SPACE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL STRUCTURE; TILLAGE;

EID: 0036153875     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-1987(01)00246-X     Document Type: Article

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