Soil Macropore Structure Characterized by X-Ray Computed Tomography

Pedosphere

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 289-298

  Feng, Jie ^a,b   Zhang, Jia Bao ^a   Zhu, An Ning ^a   Bi, Jing Wei ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CT scanning; Distribution; Image; Macropores

Indexed keywords

MACROPORE; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING; SOIL STRUCTURE; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0242574449     PISSN: 10020160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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