An entropy-based heterogeneity index for mass-size distributions in Earth science

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 182, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 221-228

  Martín, Miguel Angel ^a   Rey, José Manuel ^b   Taguas, Fco Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Fractal geometry; Information theory; Shannon's entropy; Soil texture

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; CLAY; ENTROPY; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SILT; TEXTURES;

ENTROPY DIMENSION; HETEROGENEITY INDEX; MASS FRACTION; SOIL TEXTURE;

SOILS;

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENTROPY; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; INDEX METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE; SOIL TEXTURE;

EID: 13444312207     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2004.04.002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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