Self-similar organization of Vertisol microstructure: A pore-solid fractal interpretation

Geoderma

Volumn 138, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 185-190

  Millan H ^a   Gonzalez Posada M ^a   Morilla, A A ^a   Perez E ^a  

^a University of Granma   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Fractal dimension; Self similarity; Soil microstructure; Vertisols

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; FRACTAL DIMENSION; MICROSTRUCTURE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; SWELLING;

SELF-SIMILARITY; SOIL MICROSTRUCTURE; VERTISOLS;

SOILS;

AGGREGATE STABILITY; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; MICROAGGREGATE; MICROSTRUCTURE; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; SOIL STRUCTURE; SWELLING; VERTISOL;

EID: 33847371692     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2006.11.019     Document Type: Article

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