Fractal and multifractal analysis of pore-scale images of soil

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 322, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 211-219

  Bird, Nigel ^a   Díaz, M Cruz ^b   Saa, Antonio ^b   Tarquis, Ana M ^b  

^a SILSOE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b Electrotechnical Section   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fractals; Image analysis; Multifractals; Soil

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FRACTALS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PORE SIZE; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; SOILS;

MULTIFRACTAL ANALYSIS; MULTIFRACTALS; PORE-SCALE IMAGES; SOIL PORE STRUCTURES;

SOIL SURVEYS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FRACTALS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PORE SIZE; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS;

IMAGE; MODELING; POROSITY; SOIL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33646467210     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2005.02.039     Document Type: Article

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