Fractal scaling of surface roughness in artificially weathered smectite-rich soil regoliths

Geoderma

Volumn 117, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 157-167

  Pardini, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Carbonate; Clay; Fractal dimension; Freeze thawing; Surface roughness; Weathering; Wetting drying

Indexed keywords

FRACTAL ANALYSIS; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; REGOLITH; SMECTITE; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WEATHERING; WETTING-DRYING CYCLE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PYRENEES; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 0348077449     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7061(03)00164-2     Document Type: Article

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