GIS-based quantitative analysis of orientation anisotropy of contaminant barrier particles using standard deviational ellipse

Soil and Sediment Contamination

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 437-447

  Baojun, Wang ^a   Bin, Shi ^a   Inyang, Hilary I ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contaminant barrier; Orientation distribution; Quantitative analysis; SEM; Soil microstructure; Standard Deviational Ellipse

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELASTIC MODULI; FLUID MECHANICS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HYDRAULICS; INSULATING MATERIALS; STANDARDS;

(1 1 1) ORIENTATION; (ABIOTIC AND BIOTIC) STRESS; ANALYTICAL METHODS; CLAYEY SOILS; CROSS SECTIONS (CS); DISTRIBUTION ANALYSIS; ESSENTIAL COMPONENTS; GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HYDRAULIC PRESSURES; MICROSTRUCTURAL IMAGES; ORIENTATION ANGLES; PARTICLE ORIENTATION; POINT SETS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEM IMAGING; SIGNIFICANT FACTOR; SOIL PARTICLES; SOIL SAMPLES; WASTE CONTAINMENT; WASTE CONTAINMENT SYSTEMS;

SOILS;

EID: 46349095581     PISSN: 15320383     EISSN: 15497887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15320380802146784     Document Type: Article

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