Fractal parameters of soil pore surface area under a developing crop

Fractals

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 97-104

  Pachepsky, Ya A ^a   Korsunskaia, L P ^b   Hajnos, M ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF BASIC BIOLOGICAL PROBLEMS   (Russian Federation)

^c INSTITUTE OF AGROPHYSICS   (Poland)

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EID: 3142628660     PISSN: 0218348X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218348X96000121     Document Type: Article

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