Fractal features of particle size redistributions of deposited soils on the dam farmlands

Soil Science

Volumn 174, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 403-407

  Zhao, Peipei ^a,b   Shao, Mingan ^a,c   Zhuang, Jie ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dam farmland; Deposited soils; Fractal model; Particle size redistribution

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; DAM; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DESERTIFICATION; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GRANULOMETRY; LASER METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE; SOIL CLASSIFICATION; SOIL TEXTURE;

EID: 68949169219     PISSN: 0038075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SS.0b013e3181aea79a     Document Type: Article

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