Grain-size fractal dimension of the loess in Gansu and its significance

Scientia Geologica Sinica

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 539-546

  Hou, Chunmei ^a   Liu, Xiaowei ^b   Li, Ming ^a   Chi, Xiuli ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Engineering geological property; Fractal dimension; Grain size distribution; The loess in Gansu

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GRAIN SIZE; LOESS; SORTING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GANSU;

EID: 33646186014     PISSN: 05635020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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