Describing soil surface microrelief by crossover length and fractal dimension

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 223-235

  Vidal Vazquez E ^a   Miranda, J G V ^b   González, A Paz ^a  

^a Universidade da Coruandntilde a   (Spain)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

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EID: 44949167802     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: 16077946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-14-223-2007     Document Type: Article

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