A note on the physics of soil water retention through fractal parameters

Fractals

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 143-148

  Millan H ^a,b   Aguilar, M ^a   Dominguez J ^a   Cespedes L ^a   Velasco, E ^a   Gonzalez M ^a  

^a University of Granma Carretera Manzanillo   (Cuba)

^b UNIVERSIDAD ESTATAL AMAZÓNICA   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Fractal Network; Fractal Scaling; Pore System; Soils

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; FRACTALS; GROUNDWATER; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SOILS; STATISTICAL METHODS; SURFACE TENSION; WATER CONSERVATION;

FRACTAL NETWORK; FRACTAL SCALING; GOODNESS-OF-FIT; PORE SYSTEM;

SOIL SURVEYS;

EID: 33744734385     PISSN: 0218348X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218348X06003131     Document Type: Article

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