Effect of tillage on fractal indices describing soil surface microrelief of a Brazilian Alfisol

Geoderma

Volumn 134, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 428-439

  Vidal Vazquez E ^a   Miranda, J G V ^b   Alves, M C ^c   Paz Gonzalez A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alfisol; Fractal indices; Root mean square; Soil roughness; Tillage

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; EROSION; FRACTALS; INFILTRATION; STATISTICAL METHODS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

ALFISOL; FRACTAL INDICES; ROOT MEAN SQUARE; SOIL SURFACE MICRORELIEF; TILLAGE;

SOILS;

FRACTAL ANALYSIS; MICRORELIEF; SOIL SURFACE; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TILLAGE;

EID: 33746332369     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2006.03.012     Document Type: Article

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