Newer Application Techniques

Methods of Soil Analysis, Part 4: Physical Methods

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 159-200

  McBratney, Alex B ^a   Anderson, Alison N ^b   Lark, R Murray ^c   Odeh, Inakwu Ominyi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b New South Wales Nurses and Midwives' Association   (Australia)

^c SILSOE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fractal theory; Fuzzy sets; Soil physical process modeling; Soil science tools; Soil spatial variability; Soil structure description; Wavelet analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442597955     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2136/sssabookser5.4.c8     Document Type: Chapter

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