Multifractal scaling of soil spatial variability

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 182, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 291-303

  Caniego, F J ^a   Espejo, R ^a   Martin M A ^a   San Jose F ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Multifractal analysis; R nyi dimensions; Singularity spectrum; Soil spatial variability

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FRACTALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RANDOM PROCESSES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

MULTIFRACTAL SCALING; ORGANIC MATTER (OM); SINGULARITY SPECTRUM; SOIL VARIABILITY;

SOILS;

FRACTAL ANALYSIS; SOIL PROPERTY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 13444251577     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2004.04.014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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