Fitting performance of particle-size distribution models on data derived by conventional and laser diffraction techniques

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1101-1107

  Bah, Abdul R ^a   Kravchuk, Olena ^a   Kirchhof, Gunnar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AKAIKE'S INFORMATION CRITERIONS; CLASSICAL PARTICLE; CLAY CONTENT; CLAY FRACTIONS; DATA SETS; EXPONENTIAL FUNCTIONS; FINE-TEXTURED SOILS; LASER DIFFRACTIONS; LOG-NORMAL FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL DESCRIPTIONS; SOIL HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES;

CLAY MINERALS; DIFFRACTION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; LADDER NETWORKS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY; PULSE SHAPING CIRCUITS; SIEVES; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS;

SET THEORY;

AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; DATA SET; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL TEXTURE; SOIL WATER;

EID: 68249087652     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2007.0433     Document Type: Article

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