Defining geometric similarity in soils

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 264-270

  Das, Bhabani S ^a   Haws, Nathan W ^b   Rao, P Suresh C ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; GEOMETRIC SIMILARITY; INDIANA , USA; PHYSICALLY BASED; SOIL CORES; SOIL HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; SOIL TEXTURES; SOIL VARIABILITIES; SOIL WATER RETENTION CURVES; STANDARD DEVIATION;

PORE SIZE; SOIL MOISTURE; STATISTICS;

GEOMETRY;

EID: 68349085007     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2004.0113     Document Type: Article

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