Spatial variability of fractal dimension for soil particle size distribution and particle volume percentage in farmlands

Nongye Gongcheng Xuebao/Transactions of the Chinese Society of Agricultural Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 94-102

  Li, Yi ^a   Li, Min ^a   Cao, Wei ^b   Zhang, Jianghui ^b  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Xinjiang Hydraulic and Hydropower Academy   (China)

Author keywords

Fractal dimension; Particle size distribution; Particle volume percentage; Scale; Soils; Spatial variability

Indexed keywords

BIG PARTICLES; CONCENTRATION DEGREE; CONTOUR MAP; DIFFERENT SCALE; DRIP IRRIGATION; IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT; M-SCALE; MEASURED RESULTS; PARTICLE VOLUME; PARTICLE VOLUME PERCENTAGE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PLASTIC MULCH; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SALINE SOIL; SCALE DEPENDENCE; SEMIVARIOGRAMS; SMALL PARTICLES; SOIL PARTICLE SIZE; SOIL SAMPLING; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; STATISTICAL CHARACTERISTICS; VOLUME PERCENTAGE;

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; GEOLOGIC MODELS; INITIATORS (CHEMICAL); IRRIGATION; PARTIAL DISCHARGES; SIZE DETERMINATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS;

FRACTAL DIMENSION;

EID: 77950555099     PISSN: 10026819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1002-6819.2010.01.016     Document Type: Article

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