Fractal mapping of pore and solid attributes

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 473-492

  Zamora Castro, S A ^a   Oleschko, K ^b   Flores, L ^c   Ventura Jr , E ^a   Parrot, J F ^d  

^a CENTRO DE FÍSICA APLICADA Y TECNOLOGÍA AVANZADA   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE GEOCIENCIAS   (Mexico)

^c Instituto de Geologia   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY; COMPACTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; PORE SPACE; POWER LAW; ROUGHNESS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOIL STRUCTURE; TOPOLOGY; TOPSOIL;

EID: 44949188416     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2007.0020     Document Type: Article

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