Stress wavelets: Multi-scale and multi-resolution assessment of soil structure by the drop-shatter method

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 88, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 168-179

  Ding, Qishuo ^a   Ding, Weimin ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dropping shatter; Soil structure; Wavelet

Indexed keywords

SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

DROPPING-SHATTER; SOIL PROCESS SIMULATION; WAVELET;

STRESS ANALYSIS;

ARTIFICIAL ECOSYSTEM; SIEVING; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL STRUCTURE; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

EID: 33646205957     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2005.05.010     Document Type: Article

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