Multifractal analysis of soil porosity based on mercury injection and nitrogen adsorption

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 325-335

  Paz Ferreiro, J ^a   Miranda, J G V ^b   Vidal Vazquez E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION DIMENSIONS; ENTROPY DIMENSION; GENERALIZED DIMENSION; MEAN VALUES; MERCURY INJECTION; MOLLISOLS; MULTI FRACTALS; MULTIFRACTAL ANALYSIS; MULTIFRACTAL CHARACTERISTICS; MULTIFRACTAL FORMALISM; MULTIFRACTAL MODELS; MULTIFRACTAL SCALING; NITROGEN ADSORPTION; PORE RADIUS; POROSIMETRY; POROUS DOMAIN; SCALING PROPERTIES; SINGULARITY SPECTRUM; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL PORES; SOIL POROSITY; SOIL TYPES; SOIL USE;

FRACTALS; HOLMIUM; ISOTHERMS; MERCURY (METAL); NITROGEN; PORE SIZE; SOILS;

GAS ADSORPTION;

ADSORPTION; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM; ISOTHERM; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NITROGEN; PARAMETERIZATION; POROSITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL PROFILE;

EID: 77955464220     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2009.0090     Document Type: Article

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