Particle size distributions of some soils from the Umbria Region (Italy): Fractal analysis and numerical modelling

Geoderma

Volumn 145, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 185-195

  Prosperini, N ^a   Perugini, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fractal geometry; Modelling; Particle size distribution; Soil

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; AUTOMATA THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER NETWORKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH SCIENCES; FRACTALS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GEOMETRY; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARTICLE SIZE; POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY; PULSE SHAPING CIRCUITS; SIZE DETERMINATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS;

(SEMI)AUTOMATA; APPLIED (CO); COMPLEX DYNAMICS; ELSEVIER (CO); FRACTAL ANALYSIS; FRACTAL FEATURES; FRACTAL GEOMETRY; FRACTAL METHODS; FRACTAL SCALING; GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES; NUMERICAL MODELLING; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION (PSZ); RESEARCH FIELDS; SOIL FORMING PROCESSES; SOIL SAMPLES; SOIL SCIENCES;

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

FRACTAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UMBRIA;

EID: 45449112950     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2008.03.004     Document Type: Article

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