Lacunarity and fractal analyses of soil macropores and preferential transport using micro-X-ray computed tomography

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 233-241

  Luo, Lifang ^a   Lin, Henry ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW PATTERN; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; MACROPORE; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL COLUMN; SOIL STRUCTURE; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TOMOGRAPHY; TORTUOSITY; TRACER;

EID: 62149144794     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2008.0010     Document Type: Article

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