Fractal characteristics of loess formation: Evidence from laboratory experiments

Engineering Geology

Volumn 69, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 287-293

  Lu, P ^a   Jefferson, I F ^a   Rosenbaum, M S ^a   Smalley, I J ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comminution; Fractal; Laboratory experiment; Loess formation; Particle size distribution; Silt

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTALS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

LOESS FORMATION;

SOILS;

FRACTAL ANALYSIS; LOESS; PARTICLE SIZE; PEDOGENESIS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0038814221     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7952(02)00287-9     Document Type: Article

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