Limitations in determining multifractal spectra from pore-solid soil aggregate images

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 220-226

  Kravchenko, A N ^a   Martin M A ^b   Smucker, A J M ^a   Rivers, M L ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; BOUNDARY CONDITION; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PIXEL; POROSITY; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL TYPE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 62149091053     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2008.0008     Document Type: Article

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