Pore network complexity and thresholding of 3D soil images

Ecological Complexity

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 230-239

  Tarquis, A M ^a,b   Heck, R J ^c   Andina, D ^d   Alvarez, A ^e   Anton J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Electrotechnical Section   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e UPM Km 7 Ctra de Valencia   (Spain)

Author keywords

CT scan; Image analysis; Multifractal

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651091514     PISSN: 1476945X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2009.05.010     Document Type: Article

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