Evaluation of soil water retention curve with the pore-solid fractal model

Geoderma

Volumn 127, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 52-61

  Huang, Guanhua ^a,b   Zhang, Renduo ^c,d  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Israeli International Center for Research and Training in Agriculture   (China)

^c WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Particle size distribution; Pore solid fractal; Soil texture; Soil water retention curve

Indexed keywords

CLAY; FRACTALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PROBLEM SOLVING; TEXTURES;

DATA SETS; PORE-SOLID FRACTALS; PSF MODEL; SOIL WATER RETENTION;

SOILS;

MODELING; SOIL WATER; WATER RETENTION;

EID: 20444371045     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2004.11.016     Document Type: Article

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