Analysis of the heterogeneous soil water flow based on the multifractal theory

Shuikexue Jinzhan/Advances in Water Science

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 392-397

  Zhu, Lei ^a   Zhou, Qing ^b   Wang, Kang ^b   Yang, Jin Zhong ^b  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Flow pattern; Heterogeneous flow; Muetifractal theory; Soil water

Indexed keywords

CONSTITUTIVE PROPERTIES; FIELD EXPERIMENT; FLOW HETEROGENEITY; FRACTAL SPECTRUM; HETEROGENEOUS FLOW; HETEROGENEOUS SOILS; MUETIFRACTAL THEORY; MULTI FRACTALS; MULTI-FRACTAL SPECTRUM; MULTIFRACTAL THEORY; NON-LINEARITY; PREFERENTIAL FLOWS; SOIL PROFILES; SOIL TEXTURES; SOIL WATER; WATER DEPTH;

FLOW PATTERNS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULICS; IODINE; PONDING; SEEPAGE; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL MOISTURE; UNDERWATER SOILS;

WATER ANALYSIS;

EID: 67649236059     PISSN: 10016791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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