Characterizing variations in soil particle size distribution in oasis farmlands-A case study of the Cele Oasis

Mathematical and Computer Modelling

Volumn 51, Issue 11-12, 2010, Pages 1306-1311

  Gui, Dongwei ^a,b,c   Lei, Jiaqiang ^a,c   Zeng, Fanjiang ^a,c   Mu, Guijin ^a,c   Zhu, Juntao ^a,b,c   Wang, Hui ^a,b,c   Zhang, Qiang ^a,b  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c Cele National Station of Observation and Research for Desert Grassland Ecosystem in Xinjiang   (China)

Author keywords

Cele; Farmland; Fractal characteristic; Oasis; Soil PSD

Indexed keywords

CELE; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCHES; FINE PARTICLES; FRACTAL CHARACTERISTICS; FRACTAL THEORY; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; PRIMARY FACTORS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER CONTENTS; SOIL PARTICLE SIZE; SOIL PROPERTY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TARIM BASIN; TILLAGE MANAGEMENT;

FARMS; FRACTAL DIMENSION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

SOILS;

EID: 77950866149     PISSN: 08957177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcm.2009.10.035     Document Type: Article

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