Quantification of soil macroporosity with image analysis

International Agrophysics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 217-223

  Czachor, H ^a   Lipiec, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF AGROPHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Image analysis; Macropores; Pore radius; Pore splitting

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ANALYSIS; MACROPORE; POROSITY;

EID: 4844227568     PISSN: 02368722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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