Scaling analysis of water retention curves for unsaturated sandy loam soils by using fractal geometry

European Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 425-436

  Fallico, C ^a   Tarquis, A M ^b,c   De Bartolo, S ^a   Veltri, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c University Politécnica of Madrid   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MODEL TEST; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SANDY LOAM; SOIL WATER; WATER RETENTION;

EID: 77954268505     PISSN: 13510754     EISSN: 13652389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2389.2010.01239.x     Document Type: Article

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