Multifractal analysis of the pore- and solid-phases in binary two-dimensional images of natural porous structures

Geoderma

Volumn 134, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 318-326

  Dathe, Annette ^a   Tarquis, Ana M ^b   Perrier, Edith ^c,d  

^a Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^b Electrotechnical Section   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Generalized dimensions; Multifractal analysis; Pore space; Soil structure; Solid mass

Indexed keywords

FRACTALS; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHOD OF MOMENTS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SOILS;

GENERALIZED DIMENSIONS; MULTIFRACTAL ANALYSIS; PORE SPACE; SOIL STRUCTURE; SOLID MASS;

POROUS MATERIALS;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MINERAL; PORE SPACE; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL STRUCTURE;

EUCLIDIA;

EID: 33746747584     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2006.03.024     Document Type: Article

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